Question regarding the standard library?

[Hussein B]

Hey,
Is the standard library of Python is compiled (you know, the pyc
thing)?
Is it allowed to edit the source code of the standard library?
I'm not talking about submitting the modified code to Python source
code repository, I'm just asking if some one can edit the source code
in his own machine.
Thanks.
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