Python bytecode compatibility between interpreter versions

[Terry Reedy]

"Jon Perez" <jbperez808 at yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:c3lguo$271vv8$1 at ID-180326.news.uni-berlin.de...
> In commercial apps for which one might not want to distribute the source
> for, it would be really nice if one can count on just requiring the
end-user
> to install a version of Python (but not extra extension modules anymore)
and
> then distribute the app as a bunch of .pyc's packaged in a .zip file and
> use the PYTHONPATH method you showed.  Just remember to provide a set of
> .pyc's for each version of Python you support.

The issue of hiding source comes up every couple of months.  If there is
not a FAQ entry, there are certainly many past threads.  Note that the dis
modules makes bytecode pretty easy to read, especially with some
experience.

Terry J. Reedy