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Added a main() function and support to run this module as a script.

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Closes SF feature request #588768.
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Fred Drake 2002-08-21 20:56:21 +00:00
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\indexii{file}{byte-code}
The \module{py_compile} module provides a single function to generate
a byte-code file from a source file.
The \module{py_compile} module provides a function to generate a
byte-code file from a source file, and another function used when the
module source file is invoked as a script.
Though not often needed, this function can be useful when installing
modules for shared use, especially if some of the users may not have
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\end{funcdesc}
\begin{funcdesc}{main}{\optional{args}}
Compile several source files. The files named in \var{args} (or on
the command line, if \var{args} is not specified) are compiled and
the resulting bytecode is cached in the normal manner. This
function does not search a directory structure to locate source
files; it only compiles files named explicitly.
\end{funcdesc}
When this module is run as a script, the \function{main()} is used to
compile all the files named on the command line.
\begin{seealso}
\seemodule{compileall}{Utilities to compile all Python source files
in a directory tree.}