[Python-Dev] python -O weirdness

[Christian Tismer]

Vladimir Marangozov wrote:
> 
> Christian Tismer wrote:
> >
> > Guido van Rossum wrote:
> > ...
> > > The function name is not taken into account for the comparison.  Maybe
> > > it should?
> >
> > Absolutely, please!
> 
> Honestly, no. -O is used for speed, so showing the wrong symbols is
> okay. It's the same in C.

Not ok, IMHO. If the name is not guaranteed to be valid, why
should it be there at all? If I write code that relies on
inspecting those things, then I'm hosed.
I'm the last one who argues against optimization.
But I'd use either no name at all, or a tuple with all folded names.

ciao - chris

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