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 ... ...