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bpo-17232: Clarify docs for -O and -OO command line options (#5839)

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The 'optimization' is for space in the executable file, not for run time.
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Cheryl Sabella 2018-02-24 22:04:40 -05:00 • committed by Terry Jan Reedy
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@ -164,10 +164,13 @@ for the named module and runs the corresponding
file as a script.
.TP
.B \-O
Turn on basic optimizations. Given twice, causes docstrings to be discarded.
Remove assert statements and any code conditional on the value of
__debug__; augment the filename for compiled (bytecode) files by
adding .opt-1 before the .pyc extension.
.TP
.B \-OO
Discard docstrings in addition to the \fB-O\fP optimizations.
Do \fB-O\fP and also discard docstrings; change the filename for
compiled (bytecode) files by adding .opt-2 before the .pyc extension.
.TP
.B \-q
Do not print the version and copyright messages. These messages are