[Python-Dev] file and bytecode-only (original) (raw)

Antoine Pitrou solipsis at pitrou.net
Sun Mar 14 16:24:11 CET 2010


Le Sun, 14 Mar 2010 12:59:50 +0000, Jon Ribbens <jon+python-dev at unequivocal.co.uk> a écrit :

Sorry if I missed it, but why on earth is the bytecode directory pycache and not .pycache? (Or indeed anything else that starts with a '.') Surely this is a classic ideal use case for a "hidden" directory?

I suppose the same reason pyc files are not hidden nowadays. We want people to be aware that these files exist.



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