Optimization

[Aahz Maruch]

In article <381B479B.6C73707E at c2i.net>,
Geir Bjarte Terum  <gterum at c2i.net> wrote:
>
>Will statements like this be optimized away using the -o program switch?
>
>if __debug__:
>  <statements>  # Dead code in optimized version.
>
>Is there any way to define similar *variables* for other purposes?

I'd suggest something like:

if MyDebugFlag :
    assert DebugFunction()

The if doesn't get optimized, but everything else does, particularly if
DebugFunction is in a module that only gets imported if MyDebugFlag is
set.
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