[Python-Dev] Proto-PEP regarding writing bytecode files

Skip Montanaro skip@pobox.com
Thu, 23 Jan 2003 14:16:52 -0600


>>>>> "Guido" == Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> writes:

    >> I thought the concensus was that zip files shouldn't normally
    >> contain bytecode anyway.

    Guido> Oh, to the contrary.  For efficient distribution, zip files
    Guido> containing only byte code are very useful.

Okay, let me rephrase:

    I thought the concensus was that zip files containing source (.py) files
    shouldn't normally contain bytecode files.

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