This worked: python -OO -m PyInstaller --clean -y .\my-specfile.spec
On Saturday, January 20, 2024 at 4:15:15 PM UTC-7 Elliot Garbus wrote:
> Thank you - that is very helpful.
> The desire to remove doc-strings has to do with their desire to keep
> things "more secure".
> I'm also building a portion of the app in cython, for the same reason.
> This is a direct request of my client.
>
> I'll look for a different path to disable asserts and remove doc-strings.
> I'm open to suggestions!
>
> Thanks again!
>
> On Saturday, January 20, 2024 at 9:26:41 AM UTC-7 bwoodsend wrote:
>
>> You can use:
>> exe = EXE( pyz, a.scripts, [('O', None, 'OPTION'), ('O', None, 'OPTION')],
>> ...
>>
>> but, whilst it does set sys.flags.optimize to 2, it doesn’t remove
>> either the assertions or docstrings since they need to happen at compile
>> time. You used to be able to use python -OO -m PyInstaller your-code.py
>> but pycparser (one of PyInstaller’s indirect Windows-only dependencies)
>> doesn’t allow it now. That said, -OO mode is a waste of time. Since the
>> docstrings are small and in a PyInstaller application get compressed,
>> you’re looking at about ~0.1% reduction in application size.
>>
>>
>
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