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

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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4 changed files with 23 additions and 6 deletions

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@ -96,8 +96,10 @@ static const char usage_2[] = "\
if stdin does not appear to be a terminal; also PYTHONINSPECT=x\n\
-I : isolate Python from the user's environment (implies -E and -s)\n\
-m mod : run library module as a script (terminates option list)\n\
-O : optimize generated bytecode slightly; also PYTHONOPTIMIZE=x\n\
-OO : remove doc-strings in addition to the -O optimizations\n\
-O : remove assert and __debug__-dependent statements; add .opt-1 before\n\
.pyc extension; also PYTHONOPTIMIZE=x\n\
-OO : do -O changes and also discard docstrings; add .opt-2 before\n\
.pyc extension\n\
-q : don't print version and copyright messages on interactive startup\n\
-s : don't add user site directory to sys.path; also PYTHONNOUSERSITE\n\
-S : don't imply 'import site' on initialization\n\