From fe4b02b00c50a88c483fbdecc0817b82b75b62ba Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Barry Warsaw Date: Wed, 14 Apr 2010 18:10:58 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Small clarification from Isaac Moreland. --- pep-3147.txt | 7 ++++--- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/pep-3147.txt b/pep-3147.txt index f4929da29..076383b2f 100644 --- a/pep-3147.txt +++ b/pep-3147.txt @@ -101,9 +101,10 @@ Python's import machinery is extended to write and search for byte code cache files in a single directory inside every Python package directory. This directory will be called `__pycache__`. -Further, pyc files will contain a magic string that differentiates the -Python version they were compiled for. This allows multiple byte -compiled cache files to co-exist for a single Python source file. +Further, pyc file names will contain a magic string (tag) that +differentiates the Python version they were compiled for. This allows +multiple byte compiled cache files to co-exist for a single Python +source file. This scheme has the added benefit of reducing the clutter in a Python package directory.