[Python-Dev] testing with and without pyc files present

Skip Montanaro skip@pobox.com
Tue, 6 May 2003 11:16:45 -0500


    Guido> Sometimes the bytecode read from a .pyc file had the bug,
    Guido> somtimes the directly generated bytecode.  This is sometimes a
    Guido> very shy bug needing a lot of sample data.  How else would you
    Guido> propose to test this?

I have no idea, but the reason for the two test runs should probably be
documented somewhere.  I just embellished the comment in Makefile.pre.in
which preceed the test targets.

Skip