mrstephengross wrote:
> I would like to distribute a python program, but only in .pyc form (so
> that people cannot simply look at my code). Is there a way to do this?
> I've read up a little on the logic by which python creates .pyc's, and
> it sounds like python requires the main executed program to be in .py
> format. Any ideas?
Make a dummy script to import your main module. The resulting pyc can
be fed directly to the Python interpreter.
<---------------------------------------------------------------------->
# main.py : My main source code. I cleverly will distribute only the
# byte code, such that no one knows my secrets. D'oh! You caught me
# monologging again...
if __name__ == "__main__":
print "Ha! Now you can't see me."
<---------------------------------------------------------------------->
# dummy.py : Imports the main module to create main.pyc.
import main
<---------------------------------------------------------------------->
[some client's prompt]% python main.py
Ha! Now you can't see me.
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