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-rw-r--r--Lib/compileall.py39
1 files changed, 26 insertions, 13 deletions
diff --git a/Lib/compileall.py b/Lib/compileall.py
index 910f305..5cfa8be 100644
--- a/Lib/compileall.py
+++ b/Lib/compileall.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-"""Module/script to "compile" all .py files to .pyc (or .pyo) file.
+"""Module/script to byte-compile all .py files to .pyc (or .pyo) files.
When called as a script with arguments, this compiles the directories
given as arguments recursively; the -l option prevents it from
@@ -26,8 +26,8 @@ def compile_dir(dir, maxlevels=10, ddir=None,
dir: the directory to byte-compile
maxlevels: maximum recursion level (default 10)
- ddir: if given, purported directory name (this is the
- directory name that will show up in error messages)
+ ddir: the directory that will be prepended to the path to the
+ file as it is compiled into each byte-code file.
force: if 1, force compilation, even if timestamps are up-to-date
quiet: if 1, be quiet during compilation
"""
@@ -64,8 +64,8 @@ def compile_file(fullname, ddir=None, force=0, rx=None, quiet=0):
Arguments (only fullname is required):
fullname: the file to byte-compile
- ddir: if given, purported directory name (this is the
- directory name that will show up in error messages)
+ ddir: if given, the directory name compiled in to the
+ byte-code file.
force: if 1, force compilation, even if timestamps are up-to-date
quiet: if 1, be quiet during compilation
"""
@@ -157,14 +157,27 @@ def main():
print msg
print "usage: python compileall.py [-l] [-f] [-q] [-d destdir] " \
"[-x regexp] [-i list] [directory|file ...]"
- print "-l: don't recurse down"
+ print
+ print "arguments: zero or more file and directory names to compile; " \
+ "if no arguments given, "
+ print " defaults to the equivalent of -l sys.path"
+ print
+ print "options:"
+ print "-l: don't recurse into subdirectories"
print "-f: force rebuild even if timestamps are up-to-date"
- print "-q: quiet operation"
- print "-d destdir: purported directory name for error messages"
- print " if no directory arguments, -l sys.path is assumed"
- print "-x regexp: skip files matching the regular expression regexp"
- print " the regexp is searched for in the full path of the file"
- print "-i list: expand list with its content (file and directory names)"
+ print "-q: output only error messages"
+ print "-d destdir: directory to prepend to file paths for use in " \
+ "compile-time tracebacks and in"
+ print " runtime tracebacks in cases where the source " \
+ "file is unavailable"
+ print "-x regexp: skip files matching the regular expression regexp; " \
+ "the regexp is searched for"
+ print " in the full path of each file considered for " \
+ "compilation"
+ print "-i file: add all the files and directories listed in file to " \
+ "the list considered for"
+ print ' compilation; if "-", names are read from stdin'
+
sys.exit(2)
maxlevels = 10
ddir = None
@@ -205,7 +218,7 @@ def main():
else:
success = compile_path()
except KeyboardInterrupt:
- print "\n[interrupt]"
+ print "\n[interrupted]"
success = 0
return success