pyc / pyo architecture independent?

[Michael Hudson]

Terry Hancock <hancock at anansispaceworks.com> writes:

> This question was brought up by packagers trying to set
> policy for including Python modules in Debian Gnu/Linux:
> 
> Are the .pyc / .pyo files safely architecture independent?
> (I.e. are they now, and are they likely or even guaranteed
> to remain so?).

Yes.  .pycs are marshalled code objects (mostly) so the notes in

    http://www.python.org/doc/current/lib/module-marshal.html

apply.

Cheers,
mwh

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