6 Apr
2020
6 Apr
'20
1:51 p.m.
On Mon, 6 Apr 2020, 06:30 Brandt Bucher,
The best way to look at this is to consider how long a .pyc file is valid. They're currently named something like __pycache__/modulename.cpython-38.pyc which is a fairly clear indication that the cached compiled module should be valid for any CPython 3.8.x release.
Perhaps an even better indicator is the “magic number” that invalidates the cached bytecode.
Probably the best indicator is PEP 6, which explicitly states bytecode compatibility is a requirement: "All .pyc and .pyo files must work (no regeneration needed) with all bugfix releases forked off from a major release." https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0006/#prohibitions --