[Python-ideas] Changing the name of __pycache__

[Antoine Pitrou]

On Wed, 09 Feb 2011 09:07:05 -0800
Ethan Furman <ethan at stoneleaf.us> wrote:
> +1 on ".pycache" as well.

Well, unless you propose postponing the forthcoming 3.2 release for
that, it's probably too late anyway.

(and of course it's not "just a #define"; there are tests, and probably
importlib and other modules relying on it; and the PEP to update too)

That said, I think it is useful that casual users of Python are aware
that Python does cache bytecode files. It's not a complex enough notion
that there's any point in hiding these from them. After all, explicit
is better than implicit.

Regards

Antoine.