[issue17222] py_compile.compile() explicitly sets st_mode for written files

[Antoine Pitrou]

Antoine Pitrou added the comment:

> Please at least crash with an exception instead: add
> one easy check to py_compile.compile() and complain if cfile points
> to an existing non-regular file.

That's a good point (except that symlinks should probably be allowed too).

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