[Python-Dev] [compatibility-sig] making sure importlib.machinery.SourceLoader doesn't throw an exception if bytecode is not supported by a VM

[Jeff Hardy]

> 1) imp.cache_from_source is unimplemented, it's an AttributeError.

Same for IronPython.

>
> 2) sys.dont_write_bytecode is always false, we don't respect that flag (we really
>   should IMO, but it's not a high priority for me, or anyone else apparently)

Always True for IronPython. You can change it, but it doesn't affect anything.

- Jeff