[Python-Dev] Mysterious Python pyc file corruption problems

[Guido van Rossum]

On Thu, May 16, 2013 at 3:27 PM, Greg Ewing <greg.ewing at canterbury.ac.nz> wrote:
> Guido van Rossum wrote:
>>
>> This reminds me of the following bug, which can happen when two
>> processes are both writing the .pyc file and a third is reading it.
>> ...  I think all the errors are
>>
>> actually explainable from this scenario.
>
>
> The second writer will still carry on to write a valid
> .pyc file, though, won't it? So this wouldn't result in
> a permanently broken .pyc file being left behind, which
> is what the original problem description seemed say
> was happening.

>From the evidence that is not completely clear to me.

Thomas Wouters' scenario with two different Python versions writing
the same .pyc file could cause that; I don't know if Barry has ruled
that possibility out yet.

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--Guido van Rossum (python.org/~guido)