Éric Araujo <mer...@netwok.org> added the comment:

> Jython's *$py.class files are byte-compiled modules, not extension modules.
Thanks for the data point.  Agreed distutils[2] should not say “pyc” and “pyo” 
then.

> There should be a way to disable generation of *.pyo files on command line 
> even if
> setup.cfg enables it.
There is.  The precedence of options is: stdlib distutils.cfg < (overriden by) 
user .pydistutils.cfg < local setup.cfg < options on the command line.  Pass 
--no-compile --optimize=0 to never ever byte-compile (or pass --no-user-cfg and 
rely on the defaults).

> IMHO it would make more sense if --optimize-bytecode was dependant on 
> --byte-compile option:
It was also my expectation, as I told.  The scheme that you propose keeps all 
current possibilities, it’s nice!  What do you think about conflating two 
options into one?

> --no-byte-compile         -> No *.pyc or *.pyo
> --byte-compile            -> Only *.pyc
> --byte-compile=0          -> Only *.pyc
> --byte-compile=0,1        -> *.pyc and *.pyo (level 1)
(etc.)
There may be a technical hurdle to overcome (not sure the option parsing system 
will allow 0 or more arg), but I’m asking for human interface feedback first.  
(I’m just trying to make the list of options a bit smaller to reduce the 
overload, but if it feels complicated I won’t do it.)

> Byte-compiled files in Gentoo are generated separately, after installation.
Are you using standard py_compile or compileall modules or your own scripts?  
I’ve seen that Debian for example has its own scripts and I’m sad to see no 
feature requests upstreamed to us instead.

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assignee: tarek -> eric.araujo

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