The compileall Module

The compileall module (see Example 13-11) contains functions to compile all Python scripts in a given directory (or along the Python path) to byte code. It can also be used as a script (on Unix platforms, its automatically run when Python is installed).

Example 13-11. Using the compileall Module to Compile All Scripts in a Directory
File: compileall-example-1.py

import compileall

print "This may take a while!"

compileall.compile_dir(".", force=1)

This may take a while!
Listing . ...
Compiling .SimpleAsyncHTTP.py ...
Compiling .aifc-example-1.py ...
Compiling .anydbm-example-1.py ...
...

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Python Standard Library
Python Standard Library (Nutshell Handbooks) with
ISBN: 0596000960
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2000
Pages: 252
Authors: Fredrik Lundh

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