Needs of .py and .pyc file in python
After writing the python code, the file is first saved as a .py file.
So .py files consist of the source code. On the contrary, .pyc file consists of the bytecode of the program. This bytecode is obtained after compiling the source code in the .py file. These .pyc files are not generated for all the files that are run , instead it is generated only for the files that are imported.
Prior to execution of a .py file , the python interpreter looks for compiled files. If it is found, then that file is executed, else it looks for .py file. If it is found then it is compiled to generated .pyc file and then executed.
Basically having .pyc file reduces the time required for compilation.
For example:
//Program to add 2 numbers:-
a=2
b=3
sum = a+ b
print(sum)If this program is saved with the name ‘add’ then it will be stored as ‘add.py’.
On opening the file ‘add.py’ , the above code will be displayed. When the file ‘add.py’ is executed , the above given code is first turned into byte code by the compiler to ‘add.pyc’ file.
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Need of .pyc file
The .py file has direct access to source code. If we are working on some highly confidential project , the source code should not be leaked. So we need to compile it into a .pc file.
Python has a built-in class library which helps to compile .py files into .pyc files.
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This is the py_compile module.This function can be useful when installing modules for shared use, especially if some of the users may not have permission to write the byte-code cache files in the directory containing the source code.
py_compile.compile(file, cfile=None, dfile=None, doraise=False, optimize=-1, invalidation_mode=PycInvalidationMode.TIMESTAMP, quiet=0)
- File – path to the .py file
- cfile – name and path of compiled .pyc file.
- dfile – name of source file in error message.
- Doraise – true/false. If true, an error will be raised.
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