Yes, that's why I said that the python scripts that make up the add-ons aren't actually part of Blender's compiled binaries. They get copied over into the application bundle as plain text files during the build process, and get invoked (i.e. interpreted) when they are selected from within Blender's interface.
-- Jason Liu On Tue, Sep 8, 2020 at 11:23 PM Jeremy Lavergne <[email protected]> wrote: > Just in case it wasn't considered: Python modules can also be compiled. > Matching on "ext_modules" in either setup.py or build.py should be a > good indicator of this situation. > > > https://docs.python.org/3/distutils/setupscript.html#describing-extension-modules > > > > On 9/8/20 10:29 PM, Jason Liu wrote: > > All of Blender's add-ons are python scripts, but aren't actually a part > > of Blender's compiled binaries. >
