Running PythonNN.DLL as debug or release?

[Fredrik Lundh]

Stephen Kellett wrote:

> We've been using Python embedded in an application for a while now,
> where the Python dll is PythonNN.dll, NN being the version number, such
> as Python24.dll.
>
> Recently it was pointed out to me that Python can run in a debug or
> release configuration and that you can specify this on the command line
> using -O and -OO.

whoever pointed that out to you was confused: -O and -OO are optimization
flags used by the Python interpreter, and has nothing to do with what Python
runtime you're using.

$ python -h
usage: python [option] ... [-c cmd | file | -] [arg] ...
Options and arguments (and corresponding environment variables):
...
-O     : optimize generated bytecode (a tad; also PYTHONOPTIMIZE=x)
-OO    : remove doc-strings in addition to the -O optimizations
...

if you want to use these from your C code, setting the global Py_OptimizeFlag
to 1 (-O) or 2 (-OO) should work.

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