Question about python code distribution...

[draghuram at gmail.com]

Hi,

I am sure that this question might have come up repeatedly. Companies
may not want to distribute their python code in source form. Even
though pyc files are one option, it gets inconvenient to distribute
bunch of them . If there is some way to bundle pyc files (akin to
.jar), it would be really nice. I understand that pyc files are not
hard to decompile (from my reading of previous posts) and module
startup times may be longer if they have to be read from an archive.
Neverthless, an option to distribute in the form of an archive is
attractive. Has this ever been considered for Python? If one were to
consider it, what would be pros and cons of such approach?

Any comments are appreciated.

Thanks,
Raghu.