[Python-ideas] disabling .pyc and .pyo files

[Guido van Rossum]

Could it be as simple as this:

-b don't read bytecode (new flag)
-B don't write bytecode (existing flag)

?

On Wed, Dec 9, 2009 at 10:48 AM, Brett Cannon <brett at python.org> wrote:
>
>
> 2009/12/9 Paul Moore <p.f.moore at gmail.com>
>>
>> 2009/12/9 Brett Cannon <brett at python.org>:
>> > I prefer the former as well (don't read any bytecode no matter if source
>> > is
>> > available or not); clear and simple semantics that are easy to
>> > implement.
>>
>> If that's the rule, what is the point in writing bytecode at all?
>> It'll never be read...
>
> This entire discussion is in the context of having a flag you need to set to
> turn off bytecode usage; the default behavior is not going to change.
> -Brett
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