| :mod:`compileall` --- Byte-compile Python libraries |
| =================================================== |
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| .. module:: compileall |
| :synopsis: Tools for byte-compiling all Python source files in a directory tree. |
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| This module provides some utility functions to support installing Python |
| libraries. These functions compile Python source files in a directory tree. |
| This module can be used to create the cached byte-code files at library |
| installation time, which makes them available for use even by users who don't |
| have write permission to the library directories. |
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| Command-line use |
| ---------------- |
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| This module can work as a script (using :program:`python -m compileall`) to |
| compile Python sources. |
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| .. program:: compileall |
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| .. cmdoption:: [directory|file]... |
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| Positional arguments are files to compile or directories that contain |
| source files, traversed recursively. If no argument is given, behave as if |
| the command line was ``-l <directories from sys.path>``. |
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| .. cmdoption:: -l |
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| Do not recurse into subdirectories, only compile source code files directly |
| contained in the named or implied directories. |
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| .. cmdoption:: -f |
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| Force rebuild even if timestamps are up-to-date. |
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| .. cmdoption:: -q |
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| Do not print the list of files compiled, print only error messages. |
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| .. cmdoption:: -d destdir |
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| Directory prepended to the path to each file being compiled. This will |
| appear in compilation time tracebacks, and is also compiled in to the |
| byte-code file, where it will be used in tracebacks and other messages in |
| cases where the source file does not exist at the time the byte-code file is |
| executed. |
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| .. cmdoption:: -x regex |
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| regex is used to search the full path to each file considered for |
| compilation, and if the regex produces a match, the file is skipped. |
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| .. cmdoption:: -i list |
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| Read the file ``list`` and add each line that it contains to the list of |
| files and directories to compile. If ``list`` is ``-``, read lines from |
| ``stdin``. |
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| .. cmdoption:: -b |
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| Write the byte-code files to their legacy locations and names, which may |
| overwrite byte-code files created by another version of Python. The default |
| is to write files to their :pep:`3147` locations and names, which allows |
| byte-code files from multiple versions of Python to coexist. |
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| .. versionchanged:: 3.2 |
| Added the ``-i``, ``-b`` and ``-h`` options. |
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| There is no command-line option to control the optimization level used by the |
| :func:`compile` function, because the Python interpreter itself already |
| provides the option: :program:`python -O -m compileall`. |
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| Public functions |
| ---------------- |
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| .. function:: compile_dir(dir, maxlevels=10, ddir=None, force=False, rx=None, quiet=False, legacy=False, optimize=-1) |
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| Recursively descend the directory tree named by *dir*, compiling all :file:`.py` |
| files along the way. |
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| The *maxlevels* parameter is used to limit the depth of the recursion; it |
| defaults to ``10``. |
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| If *ddir* is given, it is prepended to the path to each file being compiled |
| for use in compilation time tracebacks, and is also compiled in to the |
| byte-code file, where it will be used in tracebacks and other messages in |
| cases where the source file does not exist at the time the byte-code file is |
| executed. |
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| If *force* is true, modules are re-compiled even if the timestamps are up to |
| date. |
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| If *rx* is given, its search method is called on the complete path to each |
| file considered for compilation, and if it returns a true value, the file |
| is skipped. |
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| If *quiet* is true, nothing is printed to the standard output unless errors |
| occur. |
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| If *legacy* is true, byte-code files are written to their legacy locations |
| and names, which may overwrite byte-code files created by another version of |
| Python. The default is to write files to their :pep:`3147` locations and |
| names, which allows byte-code files from multiple versions of Python to |
| coexist. |
| |
| *optimize* specifies the optimization level for the compiler. It is passed to |
| the built-in :func:`compile` function. |
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| .. versionchanged:: 3.2 |
| Added the *legacy* and *optimize* parameter. |
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| .. function:: compile_file(fullname, ddir=None, force=False, rx=None, quiet=False, legacy=False, optimize=-1) |
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| Compile the file with path *fullname*. |
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| If *ddir* is given, it is prepended to the path to the file being compiled |
| for use in compilation time tracebacks, and is also compiled in to the |
| byte-code file, where it will be used in tracebacks and other messages in |
| cases where the source file does not exist at the time the byte-code file is |
| executed. |
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| If *rx* is given, its search method is passed the full path name to the |
| file being compiled, and if it returns a true value, the file is not |
| compiled and ``True`` is returned. |
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| If *quiet* is true, nothing is printed to the standard output unless errors |
| occur. |
| |
| If *legacy* is true, byte-code files are written to their legacy locations |
| and names, which may overwrite byte-code files created by another version of |
| Python. The default is to write files to their :pep:`3147` locations and |
| names, which allows byte-code files from multiple versions of Python to |
| coexist. |
| |
| *optimize* specifies the optimization level for the compiler. It is passed to |
| the built-in :func:`compile` function. |
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| .. versionadded:: 3.2 |
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| .. function:: compile_path(skip_curdir=True, maxlevels=0, force=False, legacy=False, optimize=-1) |
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| Byte-compile all the :file:`.py` files found along ``sys.path``. If |
| *skip_curdir* is true (the default), the current directory is not included |
| in the search. All other parameters are passed to the :func:`compile_dir` |
| function. Note that unlike the other compile functions, ``maxlevels`` |
| defaults to ``0``. |
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| .. versionchanged:: 3.2 |
| Added the *legacy* and *optimize* parameter. |
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| To force a recompile of all the :file:`.py` files in the :file:`Lib/` |
| subdirectory and all its subdirectories:: |
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| import compileall |
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| compileall.compile_dir('Lib/', force=True) |
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| # Perform same compilation, excluding files in .svn directories. |
| import re |
| compileall.compile_dir('Lib/', rx=re.compile(r'[/\\][.]svn'), force=True) |
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| .. seealso:: |
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| Module :mod:`py_compile` |
| Byte-compile a single source file. |