[Python-Dev] __file__

[Brett Cannon]

On Tue, Mar 2, 2010 at 02:06, Steven D'Aprano <steve at pearwood.info> wrote:

> On Tue, 2 Mar 2010 11:59:55 am Barry Warsaw wrote:
> > Thanks everybody for providing great input on this aspect of the PEP.
> >  I've updated the open issues section to include a list of the
> > possible resolutions for bytecode-only imports.  Unless anybody has
> > more ideas, it might just be time to get a BDFL pronouncement.
>
> Please excuse me if these minor points have already been discussed, but
> I couldn't see them in the PEP.
>
> (1) What happens if the __cache__ directory doesn't exist and the
> enclosing directory is unwriteable, or if it does exist, but is
> unreadable?
>
> I expect that the byte code files will simply not be created, and
> everything will continue without them.
>
> (2) Presumably this only effects imports, not running python source code
> as a script. If I do this:
>
> python myscript.py
>
> from the shell, I would expect that no __cache__ directory will be
> created, just like today.
>
> BTW, you have some sort of automated warning in the PEP:
>
> System Message: WARNING/2 (pep-3147.txt, line 237)
> Title underline too short.
>
> http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-3147/#id47


It's now fixed. Barry forgot to run the Makefile for the PEPs before
checking in.  Shame! =)

-Brett




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