Can .py be complied?

[monkey]

> py2exe has nothing to do with C or make files.  You create a
> setup.py file containing a couple lines of python.  You run
> that python program, and you end up with an .exe file and some
> associated .dll files.  I typically use inno-setup to create an
> installer.exe that creates a desktop icon and start-menu entry,
> but that's optional.

Is py2exe used to make a .exe file to install .py, or make the self-contain
.exe file of the program itself?