[Python-Dev] Parallel pyc construction

[Paul F Dubois]

On a 384 processor job we have once again encountered that old question =
of
corrupted .pyc files, sometimes resulting in an error, sometimes in a =
silent
wrong behavior later. I know this was allegedly fixed previously but it
looks like it doesn't really work. We lost a couple of weeks work this =
time.

Didn't we talk about an option to not make pyc files? I can't seem to =
find
it. (We totally don't care about the cost of imports. The documentation
mentions "ihooks" but not the module itself. I know that importing has =
been
an area of create turmoil so I don't really know where to look.) I =
couldn't
even find the list of command-line options for Python itself except a
mention of -c in the tutorial. Any pointers would be appreciated.