Thanks. I'll definitely try out your instructions. Rafael On Jun 8, 2007, at 4:21 PM, Gordon wrote:
> Yes, I can. But first, make sure to hit"Reply All" to send replies > to the list, rather than just me :) > > Anyhow, there are a couple ways, but I think the easiest is to make > a one-line script that imports the file you want to make a .pyc out > of. You'll end up with 3 versions of the file, a .py, a .pyc, and > a .pyo. You can then take the .pyc and run it in any compatible > Python interpreter. > > There are ways to make multiple files into .pyc all at once with > the "compileall" module, which you can find more about at in the > Python documentation. > > Rafael Bejarano wrote: >> That is helpful. Thank you. >> >> Can you tell me how to convert a script to a .pyc file? >> >> Rafael >> On Jun 8, 2007, at 1:49 AM, Gordon wrote: >> >>> I have no experience with EasyGUI, but to answer your other >>> question, you do not "compile" Python in the way you compile C or >>> Java. >>> >>> Python can be compiled into a .pyc file, which is slightly faster >>> to start running and obfuscates the source, but it doesn't really >>> do much, practically. You can also use Py2EXE or PyInstaller to >>> make standalone executables for Windows. >>> >>> Simply running a script through the Python interpreter is as far >>> as you can get for now, although there is a project, name >>> "Psycho", which translates Python to x86 Assembly, though it is >>> only available for Windows and Linux, and doesn't always speed >>> things up. >>> >>> Hope that helps! >>> >>> Rafael Bejarano wrote: >>>> Hello, >>>> >>>> I am very new to python and have a couple of questions, to which >>>> I would very much appreciate answers from the members of this >>>> list. >>>> >>>> First, I am trying to learn to use easygui to present simple >>>> dialogs and get input from the user. To this end, I wrote a >>>> very short test program, just to make sure I new how to use >>>> easygui. Although I get no error messages when I run it, the >>>> dialog boxes do not appear. What might I be doing wrong? It may >>>> be helpful to know (a) that I am learning python on a Mac iBook >>>> g4 (running OS 10.4), (b) that I wrote the test program using >>>> the Smultron text editor, and (c) that I am using python >>>> launcher to run the program. I would be only too happy to send >>>> a copy of the program as an attachment or pasted in the body of >>>> a future e-mail message, should someone on this list feel that >>>> doing so would be helpful in answering my question. >>>> >>>> Second, how does one compile python programs? >>>> >>>> Cordially, >>>> Rafael Bejarano >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org >>>> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor >>>> >>>> >> >> > _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
