If you specify the '''optimize''' option in your ''setup.py'', this will only be used for the compiling of the needed modules, not for your main module! For example if you have the following ''setup.py'':
{{{
#!python
from distutils.core import setup
import py2exe

setup(
	options={"py2exe":{"optimize":2}},
	console=["beep.py"]
)
}}}
The bytecode embedded in the resulting .exe will not be optimised. To get optimised bytecode, you need to call the ''setup.py'' like so:
{{{
python -OO setup.py py2exe
}}}