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 MRAB <python@mrabarnett.plus.com> Wrote in message:
> 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!
> 
> 

Importing will only run the portion of the code not protected by

if __name__ == "__main__":


-- 
DaveA