Need information om Python byte-code

[Nick Maxwell]

I am currently writing MUD software with a server written in C++.  I have
plans to embed Python into the server so it can act as the mud language.  I
was reading the Python tutorials a while ago, and found that modules can be
compiled into byte-code for faster compiling.  I have messed around with the
compile function, but to no avail.  I have RTFM many times now on this
subject, and I just can't get it.  If someone could just tell me the exact
steps to compiling a module into byte-code, I would really appreciate it!

Please reply to my email, as I don't have much time to check the newsgroups,
and thanks for any replies...

- Nick Maxwell
dotproduct at usa.net