Why this code is working?

[Bruno Desthuilliers]

Hussein B a écrit :
> On Jan 14, 2:21 pm, Steven D'Aprano <st... at REMOVE-THIS-
> cybersource.com.au> wrote:
>> On Wed, 14 Jan 2009 01:57:48 -0800, Hussein B wrote:
>>>> Well... Because it is correct ?
>>>> What make you think it _shouldn't_ work ?
>>> Because def2 is defined after def1 in an interpreted language, not
>>> compiled.
>> Python is compiled.
>>
(snip)
 >
> Yes I know Python programs can be compiled

wrt/ CPython: s/can be/are/

> but when I do:
> python Script1.py
> Did Python compile Script1 into the memory?

Yes. Only (imported) modules are automatically saved as .pyc.