Fuck. For PC support, this must be in the distribution.
diff --git a/Lib/dos-8x3/py_compi.py b/Lib/dos-8x3/py_compi.py
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+++ b/Lib/dos-8x3/py_compi.py
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+# Routine to "compile" a .py file to a .pyc file.
+# This has intimate knowledge of how Python/import.c does it.
+# By Sjoerd Mullender (I forced him to write it :-).
+
+import imp
+MAGIC = imp.get_magic()
+
+def wr_long(f, x):
+ f.write(chr( x & 0xff))
+ f.write(chr((x >> 8) & 0xff))
+ f.write(chr((x >> 16) & 0xff))
+ f.write(chr((x >> 24) & 0xff))
+
+def compile(file, cfile = None):
+ import os, marshal, __builtin__
+ f = open(file)
+ codestring = f.read()
+ f.close()
+ timestamp = os.stat(file)[8]
+ codeobject = __builtin__.compile(codestring, file, 'exec')
+ if not cfile:
+ cfile = file + 'c'
+ fc = open(cfile, 'wb')
+ fc.write(MAGIC)
+ wr_long(fc, timestamp)
+ marshal.dump(codeobject, fc)
+ fc.close()
+ if os.name == 'mac':
+ import macfs
+ macfs.FSSpec(cfile).SetCreatorType('Pyth', 'PYC ')
+ macfs.FSSpec(file).SetCreatorType('Pyth', 'TEXT')