[Python-3000] debug (original) (raw)

Thomas Heller theller at ctypes.org
Thu May 31 21:59:28 CEST 2007

Brett Cannon schrieb:

On 5/31/07, Georg Brandl <g.brandl at gmx.net> wrote:

Guido just fixed a case in the py3k branch where you could assign to "None" in a function call. debug has similar problems: it can't be assigned to normally, but via keyword arguments it is possible. This should be fixed; or should debug be thrown out anyway? I never use the flag, personally. When I am debugging I have an app-specific flag I set. I am +1 on ditching it. -Brett

I would very much wish that debug stays, because I use it it nearly every larger program that I later wish to freeze and distribute.

"if debug: ..." blocks have the advantage that no bytecode is generated when run or frozen with -O or -OO, so the modules imported in these blocks are not pulled in by modulefinder. You cannot get this effect (AFAIK) with app-specific flags.

Thanks, Thomas

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