[Distutils] syntax errors in Python source files

[Jeremy Hylton]

I just tried to build and install a distutils package using Python
1.5.2.  The package uses some features added after 1.5.2 and a few
files have SyntaxErrors as a result.  I did a "setup.py build" and
didn't get any complaints, but I did get errors when I tried the
install.

Does setup.py build generate .pyc files?  It seems like it must not,
or I should have seen errors when I did the build.  If it doesn't, it
seems like it should; otherwise you'll fail to catch SyntaxErrors
until install time.

Jeremy