Interpreter Options and Environment
The interpreter has a number of options that control its runtime behavior and environment. On UNIX and Windows, options are given to the interpreter in the form of command-line options such as the following:
python [options] [-c cmd | filename | - ] [args]
On the Macintosh, options to the Python interpreter are set using a separate program, EditPythonPrefs.
The following command-line options are available:
| Option | Description |
|---|---|
| -d | Generates parser debugging information. |
| -h | Prints a list of all available command-line options. |
| -i | Enters interactive mode after program execution. |
| -O | Optimized mode. |
| -OO | Optimized mode plus removal of documentation strings. |
| -S | Prevents inclusion of the site initialization module. ... |
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