debugging code

[beliavsky at aol.com]

Rick Ratzel <rick.ratzel at magma-da.com> wrote in message news:<408ee541$0$46510$39cecf19 at news.twtelecom.net>...
> Python defines __debug__ to True by default, and False when 
> optimizations are enabled...meaning you can enable/disable code without 
> having to define/undefine vars ahead of time and without having to 
> change it prior to deployment.  This is how the "assert" statement 
> works.  You can only set __debug__ through the use of -O or -OO.

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Thanks -- I will take your suggestion. Where are the Python command
line options like -O and -OO documented? Typing 'python -h' just gives
me

-O     : optimize generated bytecode (a tad; also PYTHONOPTIMIZE=x)
-OO    : remove doc-strings in addition to the -O optimizations