[Python-Dev] __pycache__ creation

[Ron Adam]

Nick Coghlan wrote:
> 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.

OK  :-)

hmmmm... unless there is a __pycache__ *file* located there first. ;-)

Not that I can think of any good reason to do that at this moment.

Ron