Python | Compileall Module
----- compileall MODULE -----
It is used to convert source files to byte-compiled version. The compileall module finds Python source files and compiles them to the byte-code representation, saving the results in .pyc or .pyo files.
This module provides some utility functions to support installing Python libraries. These
functions compile Python source files in a directory tree. This module can be used to create the cached byte-code files at library installation time, which makes them available for use even by users who don't have write permission to the library directories.
----- Compiling One Directory -----
compile_dir() is used to recursively scan a directory and byte-compile the files within it.
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By default, all of the subdirectories are scanned to a depth of 10. When using a version
control system such as subversion, this can lead to unnecessary scanning, as seen here:
To filter
directories out, use the rx argument to provide a regular expression to match
the names to exclude.
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The maxlevels argument controls the depth of recursion. For example, to avoid
recursion entirely pass 0.
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----- Compilingsys.path -----
All of the Python source files found in sys.path can be compiled with a single call to
compile_path().
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This example replaces the default contents of sys.path to avoid permission errors while running the script, but still illustrates the default behavior. Note that the maxlevels value defaults to 0.
----- From the Command Line -----
It is also possible to invoke compileall from the command line, as you might when integrating it with a build system via a Makefile. For example:
To recreate the example above, skipping .svn directories, one would run:
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