[BangPypers] Python "Wat"s

[Anand Chitipothu]

On Tue, Sep 10, 2013 at 11:10 AM, Bibhas <me at bibhas.in> wrote:

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>
> Anand Chitipothu <anandology at gmail.com> wrote:
> >On Tue, Sep 10, 2013 at 10:57 AM, Shabda Raaj <shabda at agiliq.com>
> >wrote:
> >
> >> > A variable is either local or global. It is decided at the compile
> >time.
> >>
> >> Erm, compile?
> >>
> >
> >well, you may call it module/script load time. But python compiles the
> >code
> >and generates bytecode before executing it.
> >
> >$ file a.pyc
> >a.pyc: python 2.6 byte-compiled
> >
>
> Only the scripts that have been imported somewhere. Right?
>

No, every source file is compiled before execution. For modules, the
compiled output is cached as .pyc file to avoid compiling it on every use.

Anand