doc strings and efficiency

[Skip Montanaro]

    Michael> Documentation strings, as they are available at runtime,
    Michael> increase the memory requirement of the running python
    Michael> process. Currently, I have memory to burn in the environments
    Michael> that I code on, but if I want to use Python in an environment
    Michael> where memory is very tight, I find myself suddenly wondering if
    Michael> I should use docstrings.

Try the -OO flag of python.  You'll lose both doc strings and SET_LINENO
instructions.  For more info on all the command line options (there are
quite a few these days!), try "python -h".

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