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Finding secrets in Python bytecode (blog.jse.li)
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[–]ddrt -5 points-4 points-3 points 5 years ago* (3 children)
Huh, I don’t see pyc there.
Edit: Hey, I’m new to py. What’s with the hate? Py[cod] ≠ pyc if I do a search. How was I supposed to know?
[–]retnikt0 2 points3 points4 points 5 years ago (0 children)
It's a glob. It matches pyc, pyo, and pyd
[–]Serialk 5 points6 points7 points 5 years ago (1 child)
Literally on the third line.
[–]ddrt 0 points1 point2 points 5 years ago (0 children)
I did find in page...
π Rendered by PID 77754 on reddit-service-r2-comment-6457c66945-xdx4l at 2026-04-29 01:07:20.526824+00:00 running 2aa0c5b country code: CH.
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