Brett Cannon wrote: > On Wed, Feb 3, 2010 at 05:07, Antoine Pitrou <solip...@pitrou.net> wrote: >> Barry Warsaw <barry <at> python.org> writes: >>> Python 3 uses the .py file for __file__ but I'd like to see a transition to >>> __source__ for that, with __cache__ for the location of the PVM, JVM, LLVM >>> or >>> whatever compilation cache artifact file. >> Well, I don't think we need another transition... Just keep __file__ for the >> source file, and add a __cache__ or __compiled__ attribute for the compiled >> file(s). > > So what happens when only bytecode is present? As of right now > __file__ is set to the path of the bytecode if no source exists > (needed for reloading along with backwards-compatibility). Would you > set __file__ = __compiled__? Or would __file__ be set to None? I am > going to assume the former for backwards-compatibility, but I figured > I would bring up the issue as it means getting only the source path > would become ``__file__ if __file__ != __compiled__ else None``.
My suggestion was that __file__ be set to the expected location of the source file regardless of whether or not the source file actually exists. Given the new location of the compiled files under PEP 3147 there is no 100% backwards compatible option for __file__ in this case, since they will be at a different depth in the directory hierarchy. Reload can easily enough be updated to fall back to __compiled__ if __file__ is missing, which is a much easier fix than trying to update any third party manipulations of __file__ that expect it to be pointing to a file in the same directory as the source file. Cheers, Nick. -- Nick Coghlan | ncogh...@gmail.com | Brisbane, Australia --------------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
