[Python-Dev] .pyc broken on Windows -- anywhere else?

[M.-A. Lemburg]

Tim Peters wrote:
> 
> This is from 2.0b2 Windows, and typical:
> 
> C:\Python20>python -v
> # C:\PYTHON20\lib\site.pyc has bad magic
> import site # from C:\PYTHON20\lib\site.py
> # wrote C:\PYTHON20\lib\site.pyc
> # C:\PYTHON20\lib\os.pyc has bad magic
> import os # from C:\PYTHON20\lib\os.py
> # wrote C:\PYTHON20\lib\os.pyc
> import nt # builtin
> # C:\PYTHON20\lib\ntpath.pyc has bad magic
> import ntpath # from C:\PYTHON20\lib\ntpath.py
> # wrote C:\PYTHON20\lib\ntpath.pyc
> # C:\PYTHON20\lib\stat.pyc has bad magic
> import stat # from C:\PYTHON20\lib\stat.py
> # wrote C:\PYTHON20\lib\stat.pyc
> # C:\PYTHON20\lib\string.pyc has bad magic
> import string # from C:\PYTHON20\lib\string.py
> # wrote C:\PYTHON20\lib\string.pyc
> import strop # builtin
> # C:\PYTHON20\lib\UserDict.pyc has bad magic
> import UserDict # from C:\PYTHON20\lib\UserDict.py
> # wrote C:\PYTHON20\lib\UserDict.pyc
> Python 2.0b2 (#6, Sep 26 2000, 14:59:21) [MSC 32 bit (Intel)] on win32
> Type "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
> >>>
> 
> That is, .pyc's don't work at all anymore on Windows:  Python *always*
> thinks they have a bad magic number.  Elsewhere?

FYI, it works just fine on Linux on i586.

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