[Python-ideas] disabling .pyc and .pyo files

[Brett Cannon]

On Wed, Dec 9, 2009 at 10:52, Guido van Rossum <guido at python.org> wrote:

> Could it be as simple as this:
>
> -b don't read bytecode (new flag)
> -B don't write bytecode (existing flag)
>

Unfortunately no: -b is "issue warnings about str(bytes_instance),
str(bytearray_instance) and comparing bytes/bytearray with str. (-bb: issue
errors)" under python3.

-Brett


>
> ?
>
> On Wed, Dec 9, 2009 at 10:48 AM, Brett Cannon <brett at python.org> wrote:
> >
> >
> > 2009/12/9 Paul Moore <p.f.moore at gmail.com>
> >>
> >> 2009/12/9 Brett Cannon <brett at python.org>:
> >> > I prefer the former as well (don't read any bytecode no matter if
> source
> >> > is
> >> > available or not); clear and simple semantics that are easy to
> >> > implement.
> >>
> >> If that's the rule, what is the point in writing bytecode at all?
> >> It'll never be read...
> >
> > This entire discussion is in the context of having a flag you need to set
> to
> > turn off bytecode usage; the default behavior is not going to change.
> > -Brett
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