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+- The configure option --without-doc-strings can be used to remove the
+  doc strings from the builtin functions and modules; this reduces the
+  size of the executable.
+
 - XXX WITH_UNIVERSAL_NEWLINES Somebody fill this in; the PEP doesn't
   say how or when to configure it, or how to turn it off.