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.. 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``)