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@@ -93,6 +93,9 @@ The Python Development Mode does not prevent the :option:`-O` command line
option from removing :keyword:`assert` statements nor from setting
:const:`__debug__` to ``False``.
+The Python Development Mode can only be enabled at the Python startup. Its
+value can be read from :data:`sys.flags.dev_mode <sys.flags>`.
+
.. versionchanged:: 3.8
The :class:`io.IOBase` destructor now logs ``close()`` exceptions.