[Python-Dev] testing with and without pyc files present (original) (raw)

Skip Montanaro skip@pobox.com
Tue, 6 May 2003 11:16:45 -0500 

Guido> Sometimes the bytecode read from a .pyc file had the bug,
Guido> somtimes the directly generated bytecode.  This is sometimes a
Guido> very shy bug needing a lot of sample data.  How else would you
Guido> propose to test this?

I have no idea, but the reason for the two test runs should probably be documented somewhere. I just embellished the comment in Makefile.pre.in which preceed the test targets.

Skip