[py2exe] __debug__ = 0 - how?

[Thomas Heller]

"F. GEIGER" <f.geiger at vol.at> writes:

> I'd like to get rid of all __debug__ code fragments in my app. So I
> have changed the invocation of python to python -O in Windows
> Explorer. I use a wx.TextCtrl to display th e__debug__ flag:
>
> if __debug__:
>     text = "__debug__ = 1"
> else:
>     text = "__debug__ = 0"
>
> etc.
>
> The control shows "__debug__ = 0" as expected.
>
> When I build an exe file, __debug__ still seems to be on. Does py2exe
> switch -O off again or doesn't the -O get thru to py2exe? If so, does
> there exist a py2exe-option to switch on optimizing for exe files?

You have to specify it for py2exe, it doesn't use the __debug__ from Python:

C:\sf\py2exe\py2exe\samples\simple>setup py2exe -h
Global options:
  --verbose (-v)  run verbosely (default)
  --quiet (-q)    run quietly (turns verbosity off)
  --dry-run (-n)  don't actually do anything
  --help (-h)     show detailed help message

Options for 'py2exe' command:
  --optimize (-O)    optimization level: -O1 for "python -O", -O2 for "python
                     -OO", and -O0 to disable [default: -O0]
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  --dist-dir (-d)    directory to put final built distributions in (default is
                     dist)
  --excludes (-e)    comma-separated list of modules to exclude
  --ignores          comma-separated list of modules to ignore if they are not
                     found
  --includes (-i)    comma-separated list of modules to include
  --packages (-p)    comma-separated list of packages to include
  --compressed (-c)  create a compressed zipfile
  --why              why is module <m> included

usage: setup.py [global_opts] cmd1 [cmd1_opts] [cmd2 [cmd2_opts] ...]
   or: setup.py --help [cmd1 cmd2 ...]
   or: setup.py --help-commands
   or: setup.py cmd --help

Thomas