[Python-Dev] PEP 3147, __pycache__ directories and umask

[Greg Ewing]

Isaac Morland wrote:
> the 
> benefit to me and to Greg and to others writing .py code is that our 
> directories will contain *.py and __pycache__, rather than *.py and 
> *.pyc. So it will be much easier to see what is actually there.

Yes. When using MacOSX I do most of my work using the
Finder's column view. With two windows open one above the
other, there's room for about a dozen files to be seen
at once. There's no way to filter the view or sort by
anything other than name, so with the current .pyc
scheme, half of that valuable screen space is wasted.

-- 
Greg