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diff --git a/Doc/library/packaging.util.rst b/Doc/library/packaging.util.rst index 019f3e9..ae96d87 100644 --- a/Doc/library/packaging.util.rst +++ b/Doc/library/packaging.util.rst @@ -121,9 +121,12 @@ This module contains various helpers for the other modules. .. function:: byte_compile(py_files[, optimize=0, force=0, prefix=None, base_dir=None, verbose=1, dry_run=0, direct=None]) Byte-compile a collection of Python source files to either :file:`.pyc` or - :file:`.pyo` files in the same directory. *py_files* is a list of files to - compile; any files that don't end in :file:`.py` are silently skipped. - *optimize* must be one of the following: + :file:`.pyo` files in a :file:`__pycache__` subdirectory (see :pep:`3147`), + or to the same directory when using the distutils2 backport on Python + versions older than 3.2. + + *py_files* is a list of files to compile; any files that don't end in + :file:`.py` are silently skipped. *optimize* must be one of the following: * ``0`` - don't optimize (generate :file:`.pyc`) * ``1`` - normal optimization (like ``python -O``) |