[Python-Dev] .pyc magic time bomb?

[M.-A. Lemburg]

Tim Peters wrote:
> 
> [Neil Schemenauer]
> > Has the magic for .pyc files been fixed?
> 
> No.
> 
> > If not, shouldn't this be done before the 2.2 release.
> 
> That's why 2.2 has to ship before January <wink>.

Ah, so that's why ;-)
 
> The last time this came up, people tried to turn "the magic number" into a
> database.  Since Guido won't go for that, chances seem good that, in the
> absence of a reasonably modest alternative scheme, we'll just pick new
> numbers out of a hat.

Just add 42 and be done with it :-)

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