Precimpiling *.py to *.pyc.

[Fredrik Lundh]

Thaddeus L. Olczyk wrote:
> Is there any way of compiling all the *.py to *.pyc files?

sure: use the compileall module!

>>> import compileall
>>> print compileall.compile_dir.__doc__
Byte-compile all modules in the given directory tree.

    Arguments (only dir is required):

    dir:       the directory to byte-compile
    maxlevels: maximum recursion level (default 10)
    ddir:      if given, purported directory name (this is the
               directory name that will show up in error messages)
    force:     if 1, force compilation, even if timestamps are up-to-date

>>> compileall.compile_dir("mydir")
Listing mydir ...
Compiling mydir\foo.py ...
...

>>> print compileall.compile_path.__doc__
Byte-compile all module on sys.path.

    Arguments (all optional):

    skip_curdir: if true, skip current directory (default true)
    maxlevels:   max recursion level (default 0)
    force: as for compile_dir() (default 0)

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