Basic Option Information

• name: withrope
• description: use ropes as the string implementation
• command-line: --objspace-std-withrope
• command-line for negation: --no-objspace-std-withrope
• option type: boolean option
• default: False
• requirements:
  • objspace.std.withstrslice must be set to 'False'
  • objspace.std.withstrjoin must be set to 'False'
• suggestions:
  • objspace.std.withprebuiltchar should be set to 'True'
  • objspace.std.sharesmallstr should be set to 'True'

Description

Enable ropes to be the default string implementation.

See the section in Standard Interpreter Optimizations for more details.