non-readable source code distribution

[Dan Bishop]

Sam Marrocco <samSPAMMENOT at twmi.rr.com> wrote in message news:<j7l0a.161481$GF.42516563 at twister.columbus.rr.com>...
> So in "distributing" a python application to people, is there a way to 
> obfuscate or compile the .py file into something that isn't quite as 
> readable as a text file? I realize that it may be decompil-able (or 
> something like that), but I don't want casual users altering the code.

What's wrong with .pyc?