[Python-Dev] deprecating .pyo and -O

[Antoine Pitrou]

On Thu, 14 Jun 2012 09:14:59 -0400
"R. David Murray" <rdmurray at bitdance.com> wrote:
> 
> What does matter though is the memory savings.  I'm working with an
> application where the difference between normal and -OO is around a 10%
> savings (about 2MB) in program DATA size at startup, and that makes a
> difference for an ap running in a memory constrained environment.
> 
> A docstring stripper would enable the bulk of that savings,

Probably indeed.

> but it is
> still nice to be able to omit code (such as debug logging statements)
> as well.

But does that justify all the additional complication in the core
interpreter, as well as potential user confusion?

Regards

Antoine.