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1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Doc/library/py_compile.rst b/Doc/library/py_compile.rst index 07ddc25..0c8c99d 100644 --- a/Doc/library/py_compile.rst +++ b/Doc/library/py_compile.rst @@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ byte-code cache files in the directory containing the source code. .. function:: compile(file, cfile=None, dfile=None, doraise=False, optimize=-1) - Compile a source file to byte-code and write out the byte-code cache file. + 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 *cfile*, which defaults to the :PEP:`3147` path, ending in ``.pyc`` (``.pyo`` if optimization is enabled in the current interpreter). @@ -50,6 +50,11 @@ byte-code cache files in the directory containing the source code. default was *file* + ``'c'`` (``'o'`` if optimization was enabled). Also added the *optimize* parameter. + .. versionchanged:: 3.4 + Changed code to use :mod:`importlib` for the byte-code cache file writing. + This means file creation/writing semantics now match what :mod:`importlib` + does, e.g. permissions, write-and-move semantics, etc. + .. function:: main(args=None) |