[Pythonmac-SIG] Is Python bytecode cross-platform?

[Michael Hudson]

Matthew Wingren <mlist at unicornwest.org> writes:

> On a side note
> Code distribution seems to be meagerly documented, or more likely I
> just haven't found a the right place to read about it yet.
> I am curious how one distributes python applications without
> distributing the source.

Well, most people just distribute the source.  You can find endless
threads on comp.lang.python about this.

It's not terribly difficult to go .pyc -> .py.  There's decompyle
(gogle for it) which apparently is quite effective, though I've not
tried it personally.

Cheers,
mwh

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