[Python-checkins] r59978 - python/trunk/Doc/whatsnew/2.6.rst

Tue Jan 15 15:38:05 CET 2008

Author: andrew.kuchling
Date: Tue Jan 15 15:38:05 2008
New Revision: 59978
Modified:
 python/trunk/Doc/whatsnew/2.6.rst
Log:
Restore description of sys.dont_write_bytecode.
The duplication is intentional -- this paragraph is in a section
describing additions to the sys module, and there's a later section
that mentions the switch. I think most people scan the what's-new and
don't read it in detail, so a bit of duplication is OK.
Modified: python/trunk/Doc/whatsnew/2.6.rst
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--- python/trunk/Doc/whatsnew/2.6.rst	(original)
+++ python/trunk/Doc/whatsnew/2.6.rst	Tue Jan 15 15:38:05 2008
@@ -1015,6 +1015,17 @@
 
 .. Patch 1534
 
+ Another new variable, :attr:`dont_write_bytecode`, controls whether Python
+ writes any :file:`.pyc` or :file:`.pyo` files on importing a module.
+ If this variable is true, the compiled files are not written. The
+ variable is initially set on start-up by supplying the :option:`-B`
+ switch to the Python interpreter, or by setting the
+ :envvar:`PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE` environment variable before
+ running the interpreter. Python code can subsequently 
+ change the value of this variable to control whether bytecode files
+ are written or not.
+ (Contributed by Neal Norwitz and Georg Brandl.)
+
 Information about the command-line arguments supplied to the Python 
 interpreter are available as attributes of a ``sys.flags`` named 
 tuple. For example, the :attr:`verbose` attribute is true if Python 
