[issue12083] Compile-time option to avoid writing files, including generated bytecode

Martin v. Löwis added the comment: This request is out of scope for 2.7. It is a new feature, and no new features can be added to 2.7. -- nosy: +loewis resolution: -> wont fix status: open -> closed ___ Python tracker

[issue12083] Compile-time option to avoid writing files, including generated bytecode

New submission from Josh Triplett : PEP 304 provides a runtime option to avoid saving generating bytecode files. However, for embedded usage, it would help to have a compile-time option to remove all the file-writing code entirely, hardcoding PYTHONBYTECODEBASE="". I ran into this when porti