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

Greg Ewing greg.ewing at canterbury.ac.nz
Mon Mar 15 00:10:52 CET 2010


Jon Ribbens wrote:

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?

Please don't try to hide it. On MacOSX, it makes it impossible to look inside using the Finder if you want to, and it won't have any effect on Windows anyway.

-- Greg



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