[Python-checkins] devguide: Define what pydebug is.

Tue Jan 4 21:19:48 CET 2011

brett.cannon pushed c787028dfeab to devguide:
http://hg.python.org/devguide/rev/c787028dfeab
changeset: 17:c787028dfeab
tag: tip
user: Brett Cannon <brett at python.org>
date: Tue Jan 04 12:19:41 2011 -0800
summary:
 Define what pydebug is.
files:
 setup.rst

diff --git a/setup.rst b/setup.rst
--- a/setup.rst
+++ b/setup.rst
@@ -81,7 +81,8 @@
 
 CPython provides several compilation flags which help with debugging various
 things. While all of the known flags can be in the ``Misc/SpecialBuilds.txt``
-file, the most critical one is the ``Py_DEBUG`` flag. This flag turns on
+file, the most critical one is the ``Py_DEBUG`` flag which creates what is
+known as a "pydebug" build. This flag turns on
 various extra sanity checks which help catch common issues. You should always
 develop under a pydebug build of CPython (only instance of when you shouldn't
 is if you are taking performance measurements).
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Repository URL: http://hg.python.org/devguide
