[Tutor] .py vs .pyc

[Max S.]

Then if I understand correctly, I work with .py files and (should) run them
as .pyc files?

On Thu, Apr 19, 2012 at 10:55 AM, Russel Winder <russel at winder.org.uk>wrote:

> On Thu, 2012-04-19 at 10:47 -0400, Max S. wrote:
> > Could anyone tell me why I should use a .pyc file rather than a .py?
>  After
> > doing some research, I have found that a .py file is first precompiled
> and
> > then run, while a .pyc file is already precompiled and is simply run.
>  But
> > unless I'm mistaken, it seems that a .pyc is no faster or better than a
> .py
> > file.  When should I use a .py, and when should I use a .pyc?
>
> pyc files are just internal PVM files.  Although they appear on the
> filestore visible to the programmer, just leave management of them to
> the PVM.  Humans deal only with .py files -- or possibly pyx if you are
> using Cython.
>
> --
> Russel.
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