From: ts <decoux@...>
Date: 2002-08-24T20:32:15+09:00
Subject: Re: equivalent of python's __debug__

>>>>> "D" == David Garamond <davegaramond@icqmail.com> writes:

D> def foo(self, x, y):
D>      if __debug__:
D>          self.__doc__x = "...some longish string..."
D>          self.__doc__y = "...some also longish string..."
D>          self.__doc_spec1__ = "...yet another string..."
D>          ...
D>      ...

 Well, I've perhaps not understood but you can write (like previously said) 

pigeon% ruby -e 'if $DEBUG; a = "a long string"; p a; end'
pigeon% 

pigeon% ruby -de 'if $DEBUG; a = "a long string"; p a; end'
"a long string"
pigeon% 


Guy Decoux