[Python-ideas] Changes to the existing optimization levels

[Nick Coghlan]

On 1 October 2017 at 22:19, Antoine Pitrou <solipsis at pitrou.net> wrote:
>> 2. We could reinterpret "optimize" as a bitfield instead of a regular
>> integer, special casing the already defined values:
>>
>> - all zero: no optimizations
>> - sign bit set: negative -> use global settings
>> - 0x0001: nodebug+noassert
>> - 0x0002: nodebug+noassert+nodocstrings
>> - 0x0004: nodebug
>> - 0x0008: noassert
>> - 0x0010: nodocstrings
>
> Well, this is not really a bitfield, but a bitfield plus some irregular
> hardcoded values.  Therefore I don't think it brings much in the way of
> discoverability / understandability.

That's why the 2-field struct for compiler flags was my first idea.

> That said, perhaps it makes implementation easier on the C side...

Yep, the fact it would avoid requiring any ABI changes for the C API
is the main reason I think redefining the semantics of the existing
int parameter is worth considering.

Cheers,
Nick.

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