[Cython] Done with compiler options/pragmas

[Stefan Behnel]

Hi,

Lisandro Dalcin wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 5, 2008 at 9:49 AM, Dag Sverre Seljebotn
>> Ways to set options:
>> a)
>> #cython: boundscheck=True, other=False
>> #cython: third = no
>>
>> before any code in the file (but whitespace is allowed, I'm using
>> Plex/the parser). The boolean value is case-insensitive and
>> true/false/yes/no is allowed (is this too much? The thing is, for
>> command-line arguments "True" is rather unfriendly and I'd like it to be
>> consistent).
> 
> It is not to much at all. I would even ask for '1' and '0' also being
> accepted for booleans.

I think they would be ok on the cmd line, yes.


>> b) A command line argument "cython -O boundscheck=False,other=tRUe -O
>> third=yes". This overrides the #cython comments, but NOT c) and d)
>> listed below.
> 
> Well, '-O' smells to 'optimization' for me.

Yes, and Python uses it exactly for that.

"-X" has been "reserved for implementation-specific arguments" in Python 3 due
to request by Jython (and IronPython?), maybe we should just use that.

Stefan