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Re: Obscuring Python source from end users

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On 10/2/2014 1:17 AM, Marko Rauhamaa wrote:
> Dan Stromberg <drsalists@gmail.com>:
>
>> On Mon, Sep 29, 2014 at 4:47 AM, Steven D'Aprano
>>> Yes. Distribute the pyc files only.
>>
>> Yes, this is the way it's usually done.
>
> Has the .pyc file format stabilized?

No. The cache files are binary specific and are so labelled. x.py is 
compiled, for instance, to x.cpython-34.pyc

> A decade ago, my employer shippe
> an application as .pyc files but had to ship the matching CPython binary
> with it.


-- 
Terry Jan Reedy

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  Re: Obscuring Python source from end users Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2014-09-29 21:47 +1000
    Re: Obscuring Python source from end users Sturla Molden <sturla.molden@gmail.com> - 2014-09-29 14:51 +0000
    Re: Obscuring Python source from end users Dan Stromberg <drsalists@gmail.com> - 2014-10-01 15:06 -0700
      Re: Obscuring Python source from end users Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2014-10-02 08:17 +0300
        Re: Obscuring Python source from end users Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2014-10-02 03:19 -0400
        Re: Obscuring Python source from end users Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2014-10-02 17:22 +1000
  Re: Obscuring Python source from end users Sturla Molden <sturla.molden@gmail.com> - 2014-09-29 14:53 +0000
    Re: Obscuring Python source from end users Johannes Bauer <dfnsonfsduifb@gmx.de> - 2014-10-02 09:50 +0200
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