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

[Ben Finney]

Guido van Rossum <guido at python.org> writes:

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

Almost, but I think many in this discussion are agitating for “don't
read orphaned bytecode” to become the default.

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Ben Finney