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@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ byte-code cache files in the directory containing the source code.
Exception raised when an error occurs while attempting to compile the file.
-.. function:: compile(file[, cfile[, dfile[, doraise]]])
+.. function:: compile(file, cfile=None, dfile=None, doraise=False)
Compile a source file to byte-code and write out the byte-code cache file. The
source code is loaded from the file name *file*. The byte-code is written to
@@ -34,10 +34,10 @@ byte-code cache files in the directory containing the source code.
written to ``sys.stderr``, but no exception is raised.
-.. function:: main([args])
+.. function:: main(args=None)
Compile several source files. The files named in *args* (or on the command
- line, if *args* is not specified) are compiled and the resulting bytecode is
+ line, if *args* is ``None``) are compiled and the resulting bytecode is
cached in the normal manner. This function does not search a directory
structure to locate source files; it only compiles files named explicitly.