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Unify "byte code" to "bytecode". Also sprinkle :term: markup for it.

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Georg Brandl 2007-10-21 10:24:20 +00:00
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Benevolent Dictator For Life, a.k.a. `Guido van Rossum
<http://www.python.org/~guido/>`_, Python's creator.
byte code
The internal representation of a Python program in the interpreter. The
byte code is also cached in ``.pyc`` and ``.pyo`` files so that executing
the same file is faster the second time (recompilation from source to byte
code can be avoided). This "intermediate language" is said to run on a
"virtual machine" that calls the subroutines corresponding to each
bytecode.
bytecode
Python source code is compiled into bytecode, the internal representation
of a Python program in the interpreter. The bytecode is also cached in
``.pyc`` and ``.pyo`` files so that executing the same file is faster the
second time (recompilation from source to bytecode can be avoided). This
"intermediate language" is said to run on a "virtual machine" that calls
the subroutines corresponding to each bytecode.
classic class
Any class which does not inherit from :class:`object`. See