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translation.dont\_write\_c\_files
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* **name:** dont\_write\_c\_files

* **description:** Make the C backend write everyting to /dev/null. Useful for
  benchmarking, so you don't actually involve the disk

* **command-line:** --dont-write-c-files

* **command-line for negation:** --no-dont-write-c-files

* **option type:** boolean option

* **default:** False




write the generated C files to ``/dev/null`` instead of to the disk. Useful if
you want to use translation as a benchmark and don't want to access the disk.

.. _`translation documentation`: ../translation.html
