[issue8563] [PEP 3147] compileall.compile_file() creates empty __pycache__ directories for non-.py files

[Barry A. Warsaw]

Barry A. Warsaw <barry at python.org> added the comment:

Thanks for finding this bug.  I'm not sure about the second chunk of your diff (the one that removes __pycache__).  In the future, it would help to include a unittest case that illustrates the problem.  Here's a patch that includes a test for that specific problem, along with a narrowed down patch.  Can you explain why the other chunk is necessary (preferably with a unittest)?

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Added file: http://bugs.python.org/file17129/8563.patch

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