[Python-Dev] __pycache__ creation

[Barry Warsaw]

On Mar 22, 2010, at 02:02 PM, Ron Adam wrote:

>If I understand correctly, we would have the current mode as the default, and
>can trigger __pycache__ behavior simply by manually creating a __pycache__
>directory and deleting any byte-code files in the module/program directory.
>
>I like this, it is easy to understand and can be used without messing with 
>flags or environment variables.

Well, for a package with subpackages, it gets more complicated.  Definitely
not something you're likely to do manually.  Antoine's suggestion of 'python
-m compileall --pycache' would work, but I think it's also obscure enough that
most Python users won't get the benefit.

-Barry

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