> The best way to look at this is to consider how long a .pyc file is valid. > They're currently named something like __pycache__/modulename.cpython-38.pyc > which is a fairly clear indication that the cached compiled module should be > valid for any CPython 3.8.x release.
Perhaps an even better indicator is the “magic number” that invalidates the cached bytecode. This can change several times during the alpha and beta phases, and a (mostly complete) record of changes can be found here: https://github.com/python/cpython/blob/master/Lib/importlib/_bootstrap_external.py#L147-L284 _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list -- python-dev@python.org To unsubscribe send an email to python-dev-le...@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman3/lists/python-dev.python.org/ Message archived at https://mail.python.org/archives/list/python-dev@python.org/message/NKNIMQCET2OKNUY6MCYMBFYVGJY7ZN7L/ Code of Conduct: http://python.org/psf/codeofconduct/
