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On 12/4/06, "Martin v. Löwis" <martin@v.loewis.de> wrote:
Did they say why they wanted to distribute bytecode files? I assume it is either for space considerations or they think it will help to protect their IP somehow.
I guess we just don't remove opcodes and have import allow bytecode files within a range of magic numbers instead of having to match a specific one.
I am personally -0. I would prefer not to start supporting people pushing bytecode files around, but I am not going to throw a fit we do end up going down that road.
-Brett
Some people (Robert Schweikert) requested byte-code stability at the
LSB meeting: LSB should standardize a certain version of the byte code,
and then future versions of Python should continue to support this
byte code version.
Did they say why they wanted to distribute bytecode files? I assume it is either for space considerations or they think it will help to protect their IP somehow.
I explained that this is currently not supported, but would be
technically possible; somebody would have to implement it.
I guess we just don't remove opcodes and have import allow bytecode files within a range of magic numbers instead of having to match a specific one.
What do you think?
I am personally -0. I would prefer not to start supporting people pushing bytecode files around, but I am not going to throw a fit we do end up going down that road.
-Brett