On Tue, Jun 28, 2016 at 10:51 AM, Steven Truppe <steven.tru...@chello.at> wrote: > > can someone tell me the difference between python3.5m.so and python3.5.so ??
The "m" suffix means that Python is configured "--with-pymalloc", i.e. using specialized mallocs, including the small-object allocator. This is the default configuration. You may also see a "dm" suffix for a build that's configured "--with-pydebug" and "--with-pymalloc". libpython3.5.so and libpython3.5m.so may actually link to the same shared library: $ readlink libpython3.5.so ../../x86_64-linux-gnu/libpython3.5m.so.1 $ readlink libpython3.5m.so ../../x86_64-linux-gnu/libpython3.5m.so.1 -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list