[Python-Dev] deprecating .pyo and -O

[Floris Bruynooghe]

On 14 June 2012 11:25, Antoine Pitrou <solipsis at pitrou.net> wrote:
> Honestly, I think the best option would be to deprecate .pyo files as
> well as the useless -O option. They only cause confusion without
> providing any significant benefits.

+1

But what happens to __debug__ and assert statements?  I think it
should be possible to always put assert statements inside a __debug__
block and then create -O a simple switch for setting __debug__ to
False.  If desired a simple strip tool could then easily remove
__debug__ blocks and (unused) docstrings.

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