[Python-Dev] Parallel pyc construction

[Guido van Rossum]

> On a 384 processor job we have once again encountered that old question of
> corrupted .pyc files, sometimes resulting in an error, sometimes in a silent
> wrong behavior later. I know this was allegedly fixed previously but it
> looks like it doesn't really work. We lost a couple of weeks work this time.
> 
> Didn't we talk about an option to not make pyc files? I can't seem to find
> it. (We totally don't care about the cost of imports. The documentation
> mentions "ihooks" but not the module itself. I know that importing has been
> an area of create turmoil so I don't really know where to look.) I couldn't
> even find the list of command-line options for Python itself except a
> mention of -c in the tutorial. Any pointers would be appreciated.

I don't think we have such an option, but it's a good idea.  If you
submit a patch, we'll add it.

--Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/)