Marc-Andre Lemburg <m...@egenix.com> added the comment:

Ezio Melotti wrote:
> 
> Ezio Melotti <ezio.melo...@gmail.com> added the comment:
> 
> PEP 3147 says[0]:
> """
> For backward compatibility, Python will still support pyc-only distributions, 
> however it will only do so when the pyc file lives in the directory where the 
> py file would have been, i.e. not in the __pycache__ directory. pyc file 
> outside of __pycache__ will only be imported if the py source file is missing.
> """
> 
> Does that mean that there could be cases where untagged pyc files are used in 
> 3.2+?

Yes... even though we did discuss using the same tagging support
in that scenario as well, at least for 3.3.

> In that case the patch should be ported to 3.2 and 3.3 too.
> 
> [0]: http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-3147/#rationale

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title: Unicode-width dependent optimization     leads   to      non-portable 
pyc file -> Unicode-width dependent        optimization    leads   to      
non-portable pyc file

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