Okay, I stand corrected. Three people including two I know are long-time developers have replied that .pyc/.pyo files are indeed architecture independent, and that changing this is unlikely:
From: Michael Hudson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Tuesday 18 November 2003 08:54:40 am > Yes. .pycs are marshalled code objects (mostly) so the notes in > http://www.python.org/doc/current/lib/module-marshal.html > apply. From: Skip Montanaro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Tuesday 18 November 2003 08:58:17 am > Yes. From: Aahz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Tuesday 18 November 2003 09:07:35 am > Yes. I don't know about future guarantees, but you may be assured that > it would be a Big Change if that were no longer true. Cheers, Terry -- Terry Hancock ( hancock at anansispaceworks.com ) Anansi Spaceworks http://www.anansispaceworks.com