[Python-Dev] pycache creation (original) (raw)

"Martin v. Löwis" martin at v.loewis.de
Mon Mar 22 21:47:40 CET 2010

Barry Warsaw wrote:

On Mar 22, 2010, at 06:15 PM, Antoine Pitrou wrote:

What I am proposing is that the creation of pycache /directories/ be put outside of the core. It can be part of distutils, or of a separate module, or delegated to third-party tools. It could even be as simple as "python -m compileall --pycache", if someone implements it. Except that most people won't do this, they'll just run Python. I wouldn't count this as "enabled by default".

Therefore, I'm in favor of having it on by default. If certain use cases make it problematic (e.g. Apache creating directories which you then cannot delete), there should be a way to turn it off. Perhaps the existing machinery to turn of byte code generation at all might be sufficient.

As for the original question (funny umasks), I think my proposal is "tough luck". Don't try to be super-smart; as Antoine explains, it gets worse, not better. If the user has arranged that Python will create unusable directories, the user better changes his setup.

Regards, Martin

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