[Python-Dev] __file__

[Greg Ewing]

Ron Adam wrote:

> What if ... a bytecode-only mode is triggered by "__main__" loading from 
> a bytecode file, otherwise the .py files are needed and are checked to 
> make sure the bytecode files are current.

That would preclude having a bytecode-only library that
could be used by a sourceful program.

Such a situation might arise if you have an application
with a scripting interface that is used by importing
stuff from the application's internal libraries.

-- 
Greg