Greg Ewing <greg.ewing@canterbury.ac.nz> wrote:

Having .py files around that aren't source text could lead to a lot of confusion, given that most platforms these days decide which application to open for a given file based solely on the filename extension. I wouldn't enjoy trying to open a .py file only to have my text editor blow up because it was actually a binary file.

So on balance I think it's a bit too kooky for my taste.

+1 Add to that the inverse... I will cleanup directories based on the suffix keeping the .py and deleting .pyc and .pyo. Overloading a source file suffix is not good. Larry