From 002f7aae083b187a850818eac9045a3756b2a326 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Guido van Rossum Date: Sun, 28 Jun 1998 19:16:38 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Note that no .pyc/.pyo files are created for script files. --- Doc/tut/tut.tex | 7 +++++++ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+) diff --git a/Doc/tut/tut.tex b/Doc/tut/tut.tex index a13c939b6e59..4d9bf71e21d1 100644 --- a/Doc/tut/tut.tex +++ b/Doc/tut/tut.tex @@ -1909,6 +1909,13 @@ A program doesn't run any faster when it is read from a file; the only thing that's faster about \file{.pyc} or \file{.pyo} files is the speed with which they are loaded. +\item +When a script is run by giving its name on the command line, the +bytecode for the script is never written to a \file{.pyc} or +\file{.pyo} file. Thus, the startup time of a script may be reduced +by moving most of its code to a module and having a small bootstrap +script that imports that module. + \item It is possible to have a file called \file{spam.pyc} (or \file{spam.pyo} when \code{-O} is used) without a module -- 2.47.3