[Python-Dev] disable writing .py[co] (original) (raw)

holger krekel pyth@devel.trillke.net
Tue, 21 Jan 2003 15:47:02 +0100

Skip Montanaro wrote:

holger> Actually i'd prefer to have a runtime call to control writing holger> and/or usage of .pyc files. Initialize sys.pycroot to os.environ["PYCROOT"]?

I'd like to hear e.g. Just's oppinion on it. Doesn't this interfere with the (new) import mechanisms?

I would think that a runtime interface should be a bit more higherlevel than setting a string with implicit meaning. 

holger