[Python-ideas] Changing the name of __pycache__

[Greg Ewing]

Brett Cannon wrote:
> I like visibly knowing that
> CPython has created files that it is relying upon instead of having to
> explicitly make sure I do `ls -a` to find out.

Also please keep in mind:

* The MacOSX Finder doesn't have any equivalent of the '-a' option;
   dot-files are completely invisible to it.

* Dot-files have no special meaning in Windows, so '.pycache' would
   be just as visible as '__pycache__' there.

-- 
Greg