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authorChristian Heimes <christian@cheimes.de>2008-01-07 21:14:23 (GMT)
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@@ -438,6 +438,17 @@ always available.
implement a dynamic prompt.
+.. data:: dont_write_bytecode
+
+ If this is true, Python won't try to write ``.pyc`` or ``.pyo`` files on the
+ import of source modules. This value is initially set to ``True`` or ``False``
+ depending on the ``-B`` command line option and the ``PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE``
+ environment variable, but you can set it yourself to control bytecode file
+ generation.
+
+ .. versionadded:: 2.6
+
+
.. function:: setcheckinterval(interval)
Set the interpreter's "check interval". This integer value determines how often