[Python-Dev] Issue #25256: Add sys.debug_build?

[Barry Warsaw]

On Oct 02, 2015, at 11:46 AM, Victor Stinner wrote:

>Should I write a PEP for a new field in sys.implementation?

Specifically PEP 421 says that a PEP is needed if the new sys.implementation
attribute is required to be defined in all implementations, i.e. it's a new
required attribute.  Will debug_build be required of all implementations?

The PEP can be short.

https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0421/#id30

If it's only relevant for CPython then an underscore-prefix symbol in
sys.implementation is the right place for it, and no PEP is needed.  Just open
an issue on the tracker.

Cheers,
-Barry