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diff --git a/Doc/tut/tut.tex b/Doc/tut/tut.tex index a13c939..4d9bf71 100644 --- a/Doc/tut/tut.tex +++ b/Doc/tut/tut.tex @@ -1910,6 +1910,13 @@ file; the only thing that's faster about \file{.pyc} or \file{.pyo} files is the speed with which they are loaded. \item +When a script is run by giving its name on the command line, the +bytecode for the script is never written to a \file{.pyc} or +\file{.pyo} file. Thus, the startup time of a script may be reduced +by moving most of its code to a module and having a small bootstrap +script that imports that module. + +\item It is possible to have a file called \file{spam.pyc} (or \file{spam.pyo} when \code{-O} is used) without a module \file{spam.py} in the same module. This can be used to distribute |