Check in interpreter if running a debug version of python

[Brian Curtin]

On Tue, Jul 27, 2010 at 09:06, John Reid <j.reid at mail.cryst.bbk.ac.uk>wrote:

> Can I check in the interpreter if I am running a debug version of python? I
> don't mean if __debug__ is set, I want to know if python was compiled in
> debug mode.
>
> Thanks,
> John.


Starting with Python 2.7 and 3.2 you can do this:

>>> sysconfig.get_config_var("Py_DEBUG")
1

(returns None if the var doesn't exist)
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