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On 2014-01-17 02:56, bob gailer wrote:
> On 1/16/2014 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?
> Duh? Just import it!
>
What if you want to just compile it? Importing will run it!