Python bytecode compatibility between interpreter versions

[Michael Hudson]

Jon Perez <jbperez808 at yahoo.com> writes:

> Can one run a 1.5 .pyc file with the 2.x version
> interpreters and vice versa?
> 
> How about running a 2.x .pyc using a 2.y interpreter?

Both are hopeless, in practice.

Cheers,
mwh

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