[Python-Dev] LSB: pyc stability (original) (raw)

Brett Cannon brett at python.org
Mon Dec 4 19:54:06 CET 2006

On 12/4/06, "Martin v. Löwis" <martin at v.loewis.de> wrote:

Some people (Robert Schweikert) requested byte-code stability at the LSB meeting: LSB should standardize a certain version of the byte code, and then future versions of Python should continue to support this byte code version.

Did they say why they wanted to distribute bytecode files? I assume it is either for space considerations or they think it will help to protect their IP somehow.

I explained that this is currently not supported, but would be

technically possible; somebody would have to implement it.

I guess we just don't remove opcodes and have import allow bytecode files within a range of magic numbers instead of having to match a specific one.

What do you think?

I am personally -0. I would prefer not to start supporting people pushing bytecode files around, but I am not going to throw a fit we do end up going down that road.

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