[Python-Dev] __pycode__ extension

[Phillip J. Eby]

At 02:24 PM 11/17/04 +0200, Stelios Xanthakis wrote:
>       #!/usr/bin/python -P
>       def save_world():
>           F = open ('MYSYSTEM.py')
>           F.write ('#!/usr/bin/python -P\n')
>           for i in globals():
>               if hasattr (eval(a), '__pycode__'):
>                   F.write (eval(a).__pycode__)

There are bugs in this code.  First, the wrong variable is used for eval(), 
and second, it shouldn't use eval.  If there's a global named 'F', for 
example, the code above will not save it, because it will see the local 'F' 
instead.  Loop over globals().values(), and do not use eval.


>The __pycode__ attribute is not marshaled.
>The logic behind this is that if we edit a function/class
>and save it in a .pyc file, the next time the .py module
>is executed it will overwrite the .pyc file and our changes
>are lost.
>So for 'import'ed code, __pycode__=None
>
>Hm?

What good is that?  Likewise, I don't see the point of having this only 
enabled when a command-line option is given.

If the idea is just to allow saving code from interactive mode, why not 
just modify the interactive mode to do this?