Stefan Krah <ste...@bytereef.org> wrote: > I'm not sure how accurate the output is for measuring these things, but > according to ``ls'' and ``du'' the option is indeed quite worthless: > > ./configure CFLAGS="-Os -s" LDFLAGS="-s" && make > 1.8M Jan 26 16:36 python > ./configure --without-doc-strings CFLAGS="-Os -s" LDFLAGS="-s" && make > 1.6M Jan 26 16:33 python
The original contribution *was* in fact aiming for "10% smaller", see: http://docs.python.org/release/2.3/whatsnew/node20.html So apparently people thought it was useful. Stefan Krah _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
