precompiled scripts?

[Stephen Hansen]

    When you first run a script, Python produces a bytecode-compiled version
of the script which has the extention of '.pyc'. That would serve your
purposes, but note that I believe they have to be running the same version
of Python as you, because the specifics of bytecode have a tendency to
change between versions.

    Note that this is not perfect. It can be disassembled with the standard
library 'dis' module, and I believe there is a python decompiler out there.

--S
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"Ben" <h0444nid at rz.hu-berlin.de> wrote in message
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> hi,
> i need to write an applet but don't want the source to be visible. so i
> need to know, wether it is possible to use a kind of precompiled binary of
> a python script or not. i know, that it is possible with perl an tcl/tk,
> but i'd better like to use python because of its graphical functions.
>
> thanx,
>
> ben
>
> p.s.: please reply also per pm to:
>   dietze at freepage.de
>