On Tue, Feb 2, 2010 at 07:16, Antoine Pitrou <solipsis@pitrou.net> wrote:
Larry Hastings <larry@...> writes:
I ask you: why gunk up the filesystem with two files when one would do? I propose we change the pyc file so it can contain multiple code objects.
I think we should dump the lie about "optimized" bytecode when the only optimization is that we strip some docstrings, disable asserts and set __debug__ to False.
I think the hope has always been that the peepholer would be extended to do some tweaks that would only be reasonable under a -O flag. Obviously this has not happened and who knows if it ever will. But if PEP 3147 catches on this should become less of an issue.
There should be only one possible bytecode file (XXX.pyc), and we could provide a "strip" tool (and/or corresponding function in the compileall module) for people for whom minimizing bytecode file size is important.
Would also require a flag for distutils for when you are installing a package that is for production compared to debug use you byte-compile to the level you want. But I think the compileall/strip/distutils solution would be enough to cover all major cases.
Also, it would be interesting to know who bothers to use "python -O" (or "-OO"). I know I never use it.
Do any other languages do it this way with separate files? Or do they tend toward not even having the option and the few that do use a strip tool? I honestly can't think of any languages off the top of my head where the -O flag is even actively considered by everyone beyond C/C++. -Brett
Antoine.
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