Problems compiling python

[Erik Max Francis]

Florian Lindner wrote:

> I want to compile that small python script:
	...
> bastet:/ # chmod u+x test.pyc
> bastet:/ # ./test.pyc
> ./test.pyc: line 1: syntax error near unexpected token `;'
> '/test.pyc: line 1: `;ò
> bastet:/ #
> 
> What is wrong?

A compiled Python file (.pyc) is not an executable.  (Specifically, in
the Unix world, it does not contain a bangpath.)  Instead, just pass it
as an argument to the Python interpreter:

max at oxygen:~/tmp% cat > hello.py
print "Hello, world!"
^D
max at oxygen:~/tmp% python
Python 2.3.3 (#1, Dec 22 2003, 23:44:26) 
[GCC 3.2.3] on linux2
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> import py_compile
>>> py_compile.compile('hello.py')
>>> ^D
max at oxygen:~/tmp% ls hello.py*
hello.py  hello.pyc
max at oxygen:~/tmp% rm hello.py
max at oxygen:~/tmp% python hello.pyc
Hello, world!

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