[Pythonmac-SIG] buildapp.py --standalone with -O

[Just van Rossum]

Bob Swerdlow wrote:

> So, here are my questions:
> 1. Is a standalone application that is build optimized launched with
> the "-O" optimization flag on?
> 2. If not, is there a way to get it to launch with that flag on?
> 3. If so, would the site.pyo file be properly read or would we still
> need the site.pyc file?
> 
> Bottom line: is there some work-around for this hack of building
> twice and saving the site.pyc file?

I think you need to hack the bootstrap script by adding

sys.argv.insert(1, "-O")

after this line:

sys.argv.insert(1, mainprogram)

(Feel free to submit a bundlebuilder bug report for this.)

Are you absolutely sure that -O buys you anything worth the trouble?

Just