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Barry Warsaw
barry at python.org
Sat Feb 27 16:58:44 CET 2010
On Feb 26, 2010, at 08:30 PM, Ron Adam wrote:
>It does not make sense (to me) to have byte code only modules and packages
>in python's lib directory. The whole purpose (as far as I know) is for
>modules and packages located there to be shared. And as such, the source
>file becomes a source of documentation. Not supporting bytecode only
>python modules and packages in pythons "lib" directory may be good.
Actually, it's not the standard library that's the issue, it's third party
modules that OS vendors distribute.
-Barry
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