Python Debug Build

[Gerhard Häring]

Fredrik Lundh wrote:
> "Celine & Dave" wrote:
> 
> 
>>What happens if I build Python with debug option
>>(--with-pydebug)? Do I see any changes in my program
>>output? What is --with-pydebug good for?
> 
> 
> from the README:
> 
> --with-pydebug:  Enable additional debugging code to help track down
>         memory management problems.  This allows printing a list of all
>         live objects when the interpreter terminates.

And that's why it's very useful for when developing Python extension 
modules. Not only does it help find reference count problems, 
--with-pydebug on, Python sometimes also complains earlier if you do 
"stupid" things in the C code. Or gives a helpful error message before 
crashing ;-)

-- Gerhard