pyc files located elsewhere?

[Skip Montanaro]

    >> (Is what you describe really possible?  I've never heard of it.)

    Josiah> I know that importing from a non-writable location disables
    Josiah> writing of pyc files (zip imports, etc.), and I am fairly
    Josiah> certain it can be done with an import hook, though never having
    Josiah> need for it, I've never tried.

Please have a look at PEP 304.  Feedback welcome.

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