Note that no .pyc/.pyo files are created for script files.

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Guido van Rossum 1998-06-28 19:16:38 +00:00
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@ -1909,6 +1909,13 @@ A program doesn't run any faster when it is read from a
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