PythonOptimize and doc strings.
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Key: MODPYTHON-227
URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MODPYTHON-227
Project: mod_python
Issue Type: Improvement
Components: core
Affects Versions: 3.3.1
Reporter: Graham Dumpleton
Priority: Minor
When PythonOptimize directive is used and set to "On", the effect is the same
as if the options '-O -O' had been supplied to the 'python' executable. Because
the highest level of optimisation is enabled, as well as basic optimisations
being enabled, any doc strings in modules are discarded. This will cause a
problem with any Python modules which make use of doc strings in the way they
work. It is suspected for example that this may cause issues with running
'matplotlib'. See:
http://www.modpython.org/pipermail/mod_python/2007-May/023641.html
for further details.
Because someone may want to enable optimisation but not have doc strings be
discarded, the PythonOptimize directive should perhaps accept 'Basic' and
'Full' as options instead of just 'On'. For backward compatibility 'On' would
equate to 'Full'.
Note that the documentation is also wrong as it says that PythonOptimize is
only equivalent to '-O'.
Finally, it doesn't currently matter what you set as the value to
PythonOptimize, it always turns the feature on, ie., even if you have:
PythonOptimize Off
The code should check for valid values.
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