Re: Compiling main script into .pyc

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On 1/16/14 8:01 PM, Sam wrote:
> One thing I observe about python byte-code compiling is that the main script does not gets compiled into .pyc. Only imported modules are compiled into .pyc.
>
> May I know how can I compile the main script into .pyc? It is to inconvenience potential copy-cats.
>

The standard library has the compileall module that can be used to 
create .pyc files from .py files, but as we've been discussing in 
another thread, you may not want .pyc files.

-- 
Ned Batchelder, http://nedbatchelder.com

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Compiling main script into .pyc Sam <lightaiyee@gmail.com> - 2014-01-16 17:01 -0800
  Re: Compiling main script into .pyc bob gailer <bgailer@gmail.com> - 2014-01-16 21:56 -0500
  Re: Compiling main script into .pyc Ned Batchelder <ned@nedbatchelder.com> - 2014-01-16 22:07 -0500
  Re: Compiling main script into .pyc MRAB <python@mrabarnett.plus.com> - 2014-01-17 03:19 +0000
  Re: Compiling main script into .pyc Dave Angel <davea@davea.name> - 2014-01-16 23:43 -0500
    Re: Compiling main script into .pyc Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2014-01-17 08:40 +0000
      Re: Compiling main script into .pyc Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2014-01-17 20:12 +0000
  Re: Compiling main script into .pyc Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2014-01-16 23:45 -0500
  Re: Compiling main script into .pyc Alister <alister.ware@ntlworld.com> - 2014-01-17 17:04 +0000

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