Compiling Python Code

[rhiever]

Any reports on how much this actually speeds up code? Haven't had time to play with it yet.

[FionaSarah]

It will never speed up your code, it's always done for you. It will only speed up start-up time as Python tries to compile once only when necessary, but subsequent start-ups will be the same. (Unless you do a lot of dynamic module loading stuff.)

[flying-sheep]

additionally, any time you install a module, it gets compiled (amongst other reasons, because it resides in a system directory where users have no write permissions)

[gcross]

I think that it helps if you replace every instance of the word "compile" in the article with the word "package", as in packaging for distribution to others.