[Python-Dev] PEP 3147: PYC Repository Directories

[Nick Coghlan]

Terry Reedy wrote:
> Definitely. I have even wondered whether it would be possible to cache
> not just the bytecode for initializing a module, but also the
> initialized module itself (perhaps minus the name bindings for other
> imported modules).

Not easily, since running the module may have other side effects that
can't be cached.

Cheers,
Nick.

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