[issue24069] Option to delete obsolete bytecode files

[Steven D'Aprano]

Steven D'Aprano added the comment:

This would be risky, as byte-code only libraries do exist.

I think that deleting orphaned .pyc files from inside the __pycache__ directory is safe, but deleting orphaned .pyc files outside of that risks deleting legitimate byte-code libraries which are in use.

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nosy: +steven.daprano

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