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12 changes: 6 additions & 6 deletions Doc/extending/embedding.rst
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.. code-block:: shell-session

$ /opt/bin/python3.4-config --cflags
-I/opt/include/python3.4m -I/opt/include/python3.4m -DNDEBUG -g -fwrapv -O3 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes
$ /opt/bin/python3.11-config --cflags
-I/opt/include/python3.11 -I/opt/include/python3.11 -Wsign-compare -DNDEBUG -g -fwrapv -O3 -Wall

* ``pythonX.Y-config --ldflags`` will give you the recommended flags when
linking:
* ``pythonX.Y-config --ldflags --embed`` will give you the recommended flags
when linking:

.. code-block:: shell-session

$ /opt/bin/python3.4-config --ldflags
-L/opt/lib/python3.4/config-3.4m -lpthread -ldl -lutil -lm -lpython3.4m -Xlinker -export-dynamic
$ /opt/bin/python3.11-config --ldflags --embed
-L/opt/lib/python3.11/config-3.11-x86_64-linux-gnu -L/opt/lib -lpython3.11 -lpthread -ldl -lutil -lm

.. note::
To avoid confusion between several Python installations (and especially
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