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diff --git a/Doc/using/configure.rst b/Doc/using/configure.rst index 3d3776acbc7..a26d48d7d0a 100644 --- a/Doc/using/configure.rst +++ b/Doc/using/configure.rst @@ -29,6 +29,9 @@ Features and minimum versions required to build CPython: * Tcl/Tk 8.5.12 for the :mod:`tkinter` module. +* `libmpdec <https://www.bytereef.org/mpdecimal/doc/libmpdec/>`_ 2.5.0 + for the :mod:`decimal` module. + * Autoconf 2.72 and aclocal 1.16.5 are required to regenerate the :file:`configure` script. @@ -290,8 +293,8 @@ General Options .. option:: --disable-gil - Enables **experimental** support for running Python without the - :term:`global interpreter lock` (GIL): free threading build. + Enables support for running Python without the :term:`global interpreter + lock` (GIL): free threading build. Defines the ``Py_GIL_DISABLED`` macro and adds ``"t"`` to :data:`sys.abiflags`. @@ -302,14 +305,21 @@ General Options .. option:: --enable-experimental-jit=[no|yes|yes-off|interpreter] - Indicate how to integrate the :ref:`JIT compiler <whatsnew313-jit-compiler>`. + Indicate how to integrate the :ref:`experimental just-in-time compiler <whatsnew314-jit-compiler>`. - * ``no`` - build the interpreter without the JIT. - * ``yes`` - build the interpreter with the JIT. - * ``yes-off`` - build the interpreter with the JIT but disable it by default. - * ``interpreter`` - build the interpreter without the JIT, but with the tier 2 enabled interpreter. + * ``no``: Don't build the JIT. + * ``yes``: Enable the JIT. To disable it at runtime, set the environment + variable :envvar:`PYTHON_JIT=0 <PYTHON_JIT>`. + * ``yes-off``: Build the JIT, but disable it by default. To enable it at + runtime, set the environment variable :envvar:`PYTHON_JIT=1 <PYTHON_JIT>`. + * ``interpreter``: Enable the "JIT interpreter" (only useful for those + debugging the JIT itself). To disable it at runtime, set the environment + variable :envvar:`PYTHON_JIT=0 <PYTHON_JIT>`. - By convention, ``--enable-experimental-jit`` is a shorthand for ``--enable-experimental-jit=yes``. + ``--enable-experimental-jit=no`` is the default behavior if the option is not + provided, and ``--enable-experimental-jit`` is shorthand for + ``--enable-experimental-jit=yes``. See :file:`Tools/jit/README.md` for more + information, including how to install the necessary build-time dependencies. .. note:: @@ -438,6 +448,14 @@ Options for third-party dependencies C compiler and linker flags for ``libuuid``, used by :mod:`uuid` module, overriding ``pkg-config``. +.. option:: LIBZSTD_CFLAGS +.. option:: LIBZSTD_LIBS + + C compiler and linker flags for ``libzstd``, used by :mod:`compression.zstd` module, + overriding ``pkg-config``. + + .. versionadded:: 3.14 + .. option:: PANEL_CFLAGS .. option:: PANEL_LIBS |