Disabling python's assert() without -0 flag

Question

I\'m running a python script from inside a different software (it provides a python interface to manipulate its data structures).

I\'m optimizing my code for speed

Answer 1

You may be able to do this with an environment variable, as described in this other answer. Setting PYTHONOPTIMIZE=1 is equivalent to starting Python with the -O option. As an example, this works in Blender 2.78, which embeds Python 3.5:

blender --python-expr 'assert False; print("foo")'

PYTHONOPTIMIZE=1 blender --python-expr 'assert False; print("foo")'

The first command prints a traceback, while the second just prints "foo".