[Python-Dev] Re: PEP 282 comments

[Guido van Rossum]

[Aahz]
>   A> Hrm.  Based on previous comments, particularly from the Timbot,
>   A> I'm wondering whether the linkage between !debugging and
>   A> optimizing is too tight in Python, and whether constructs like
>   A> this should be deprecated.  Seems to me that there will
>   A> definitely be times you want debugging output when you're running
>   A> -O.

[Jeremy]
> There definitely are times when we want debugging outputs when running
> with -O, but we live with restarting the server in those cases.  There
> is such a big performance benefit to not even compiling the code when
> -O is enabled.

+1 on making debugging and optimization should be separately
selectable options.

-1 in going about it in a hurry.  This should be fixed the next time
we're doing major surgery on the compiler.

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