gh-93378: make obvious the distinction between source vs. compiled module #93711
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AA-Turner
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needs backport to 3.10
merwok
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Sep 29, 2022
| automatic process. Also, the compiled modules are platform-independent, so the | ||
| same library can be shared among systems with different architectures. | ||
| Python checks the modification date of the source (``.py``) against the compiled | ||
| (``.pyc``) version to see if it's out of date and needs to be recompiled. This |
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Lines 223-224 just above have an example of spam.py and spam.cpython-33.pyc; I think it would be better to work the term source there.
merwok
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| module. | ||
| corresponding source module. To support a non-source (compiled only) | ||
| distribution, the compiled module must be in the source directory, and there | ||
| must not be a source module. |
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These lines were not changed but appear changed. To keep the history useful, please avoid rewrapping paragraphs. It’s fine if one line is a little too long, or quite short, this doesn’t impact the rendered output.
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The suggested changes in this PR are based on issue #93378.
The distinction between a source versus a corresponding compiled module appears to be unclear for some reading this portion of the tutorial.
@AA-Turner Apologies, I accidentally closed the other PR. I have duplicated it here after adjusting the line lengths.