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Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2014 22:07:44 -0500
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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.

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Ned Batchelder, http://nedbatchelder.com