scipy/scipy — pull request #2952 by pjwerneck (2013-10-01 19:41:26+00:00)
Title: Docstring formatting at top-level leads to failed import

When Python is running with -OO, the doctsrings are removed at compile time and all __doc__ references become None. The line below leads to a failed import in applications that use the optimization by default, like uwsgi with optimize=1 or 2.