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Expand Up @@ -669,6 +669,13 @@ Miscellaneous options

.. versionadded:: 3.14

* :samp:`-X tlbc={0,1}` enables (1, the default) or disables (0) thread-local
bytecode in builds configured with :option:`--disable-gil`. When disabled,
this also disables the specializing interpreter. See also
:envvar:`PYTHON_TLBC`.

.. versionadded:: 3.14

It also allows passing arbitrary values and retrieving them through the
:data:`sys._xoptions` dictionary.

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.. versionadded:: 3.13

.. envvar:: PYTHON_TLBC

If set to ``1`` enables thread-local bytecode. If set to ``0`` thread-local
bytecode and the specializing interpreter are disabled. Only applies to
builds configured with :option:`--disable-gil`.

See also the :option:`-X tlbc <-X>` command-line option.

.. versionadded:: 3.14

Debug-mode variables
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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