On 2008-01-26, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Once a python py file is compiled into a pyc file, I can disassemble > it into assembler.
No you can't. It's not native machine code. It's byte code for a virtual machine. > Assembler is nothing but codes, which are combinations of 1's > and 0's. You can't read a pyc file in a hex editor, but you > can read it in a disassembler. NO YOU CAN'T. > It doesn't make a lot of sense to me right now, That's because IT'S NOT MACHINE CODE. > but if I was trying to trace through it with a debugger, That wouldn't work. > the debugger would disassemble it into assembler, > not python. You can "disassemble" random bitstreams into assembler. That doesn't make it a useful thing to do. [Honestly, I think you're just trolling.] -- Grant Edwards grante Yow! Yow! Is this sexual at intercourse yet?? Is it, visi.com huh, is it?? -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list