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[Python-Dev] Python byte-compiled and optimized code

Fred Drake fdrake at gmail.com
Wed Oct 7 17:12:09 CEST 2009 
On Wed, Oct 7, 2009 at 10:34 AM, Swapnil Talekar <swapnil.st at gmail.com> wrote:
> 1) Is the byte-compiled .pyc file and optimized .pyo file
> platform-independent?(including python versions 3.x)

Yes.

> If yes, is it
> guaranteed to stay that way in future?

Yes.

> 2) If the the generation of .pyc file fails (say, due to write protected
> area), does that stop the script execution?

No.  It only means the bytecode won't be cached.

> 3) Is it possible to redirect the location of the generation of .pyc files
> to other than that of the corresponding .py files?

I think some support for this has been developed, at least
experimentally, but I'm not sure if it's part of a stable release or
not.  It's more likely in Python 3.x, which I'm significantly less
familiar with.


  -Fred

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