[Python-Dev] __pycache__ creation

[Nick Coghlan]

Ron Adam wrote:
> I think I misunderstood this at first.
> 
> It looks like, while developing a python 3.2+ program, if you don't
> create an empty __pycache__ directory, everything will still work, you
> just won't get the .pyc files.  That can be a good thing during
> development because you also will not have any problems with old .pyc
> files hanging around if you move or rename files.

The behaviour you described (not creating __pycache__ automatically) was
just a suggestion in this thread.

The behaviour in the actual PEP (and what will be implemented for 3.2+)
is to create __pycache__ if it is missing.

Cheers,
Nick.

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