debugging code

[Paul Sweeney]

"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.

I agree with Rick on using __debug__ not your own variables, as suggested
elsewhere

> You can only set __debug__ through the use of -O or -OO.

There is a  typo here (but all the examples that followed were correct), You
can only set __debug__ *to False* through the use of -O or -OO.