[Python-checkins] CVS: python/dist/src README,1.132,1.132.2.1

[Tim Peters]

Update of /cvsroot/python/python/dist/src
In directory usw-pr-cvs1:/tmp/cvs-serv5926/c1

Modified Files:
      Tag: r22rc1-branch
	README 
Log Message:
Add info about the descr tutorial and the need for new ports to define
NDEBUG in release builds.  I'm not sure the descr info really fits here,
though!


Index: README
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RCS file: /cvsroot/python/python/dist/src/README,v
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*** README	2001/12/12 11:46:52	1.132
--- README	2001/12/14 17:46:33	1.132.2.1
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*** 86,90 ****
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  authors, translators, and people with special formatting requirements.
  
+ The best documentation for the new (in Python 2.2) type/class unification
+ features is Guido's tutorial introduction, at
+ 
+     http://www.python.org/2.2/descrintro.html
  
+ 
  Web sites
  ---------
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          with a SEGV due to the small stack size used by default, if you do
          "limit stacksize 2048" before "make test" it should work.
!         
          On naked Darwin you may want to add the configure option
          "--disable-toolbox-glue" to disable the glue code for the Carbon
          interface modules. The modules themselves are currently only built
          if you add the --enable-framework option, see below.
!         
          On a clean OSX /usr/local does not exist. Do a "sudo mkdir -m 775 /usr/local"
          before you do a make install. Alternatively, do "sudo make install"
          which installs everything as superuser.
!         
          You may want to try the configure option "--enable-framework" which
          installs Python as a framework. The location can be set as argument
--- 400,413 ----
          with a SEGV due to the small stack size used by default, if you do
          "limit stacksize 2048" before "make test" it should work.
! 
          On naked Darwin you may want to add the configure option
          "--disable-toolbox-glue" to disable the glue code for the Carbon
          interface modules. The modules themselves are currently only built
          if you add the --enable-framework option, see below.
! 
          On a clean OSX /usr/local does not exist. Do a "sudo mkdir -m 775 /usr/local"
          before you do a make install. Alternatively, do "sudo make install"
          which installs everything as superuser.
! 
          You may want to try the configure option "--enable-framework" which
          installs Python as a framework. The location can be set as argument
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  of int if they need to be defined at all.
  
+ For all platforms, it's important that the build arrange to define the
+ preprocessor symbol NDEBUG on the compiler command line in a release
+ build of Python (else assert() calls remain in the code, hurting
+ release-build performance).  The Unix, Windows and Mac builds already
+ do this.