[Python-Dev] disable writing .py[co]

[Barry A. Warsaw]

>>>>> "SM" == Skip Montanaro <skip@pobox.com> writes:

    SM> Instead of an environment variable which functions simply as
    SM> an on/off switch, add an environment variable named PYCROOT
    SM> which can be used to control writing of .pyc files as follows:

I'm unsure about the environment variable, but given some agreed upon
way(s) to control this, and leaving it up to the applications/users to
decide the right place in the fs to write the .pyc's, there is merit
in this idea.

E.g. Mailman can already be configured to install its read-only parts
in one place and its variable data in another.  IWBNI Mailman could
arrange to write its pycs in the var directory.

-Barry