Hi,
Please review this documentation:
https://docs.python.org/dev/using/configure.html
If you have comment, you can directly write a PR (please notify me by
mentioning @vstinner in a comment). Or if you prefer, you can reply
directly by email and I will try to address your remarks.
--
Over the last years, the configure script got more and more options. I
was always disappointed by the lack of documentation. It is also
really hard to understand how Python pass compiler and linker files
when building C code. So I wrote a documentation about configure,
preprocessor, compiler and linker flags, and a very brief description
of the Python Build System.
I chose to not document *all* configure/compiler options. I skipped
generic configure options like --prefix. I copied the documentation
that I could find, but sadly many options are still not documented
yet.
For the first time, I wrote a description of in the infamous "Python
Debug Build", especially ("all") effects of this build:
https://docs.python.org/dev/using/configure.html#debug-build
I also took the opportuniy to add links from configure --with-xxx
options to this documentation, and also add links from "debug mode" or
"debug build" terms to the Debug Build section.
Note: the online documentation is only updated once per day. The job
building the documentation of all Python versions in all supported
languages takes a whole day! If you want to help, visit:
https://github.com/python/docsbuild-scripts/
Victor
--
Night gathers, and now my watch begins. It shall not end until my death.
_______________________________________________
Python-Dev mailing list -- python-dev@python.org
To unsubscribe send an email to python-dev-le...@python.org
https://mail.python.org/mailman3/lists/python-dev.python.org/
Message archived at
https://mail.python.org/archives/list/python-dev@python.org/message/G3JJPRWMU2W6ARNVAUALDJOUNZSP343M/
Code of Conduct: http://python.org/psf/codeofconduct/
