[Edu-sig] What is a Python module?

[kirby urner]

I posed this question before.  The usual answer is:  a file containing
Python source code.

But you can import .pyc files even after the .py files are been
removed, likewise .pyd files.

Is a Python module anything that's importable and runnable within
Python, that responds to dir( ) etc.?

True whether or not said module comes with readable source code.

In fact, one could argue a Python module is precisely *not* the
readable source code .py file, as that *must* be compiled to byte
codes first, and saved in the .pyc.

Kirby

Ongoing curriculum writing (a window):

http://mybizmo.blogspot.com/2011/05/lesson-planning.html