[Python-Dev] __file__ and bytecode-only

[Greg Ewing]

Antoine Pitrou wrote:

> Actually, I find it neater to have a single cache directory. It makes
> for much less clutter, and simpler ignore rules.

Another possibility would be to have a single top-level
cache directory with a subdirectory for each version:

   __bytecode__.pycache/<version>/<filename>.pyc

I don't think this ought to increase the stat call
count, since the interpreter will always be looking
for a particular version of bytecode, so it can
just stat for the appropriate subdirectory
directly.

-- 
Greg