On Thu, 7 Sep 2017 18:47:20 -0700 Nick Coghlan <ncogh...@gmail.com> wrote: > However, I do wonder whether we could encode *all* the mode settings > into the magic number, such that we did something like reserving the > top 3 bits for format flags: > > * number & 0x1FFF -> the traditional magic number > * number & 0x8000 -> timestamp or hash? > * number & 0x4000 -> checked or not? > * number & 0x2000 -> reserved for future format changes
I'd rather a single magic number and a separate bitfield that tells what the header encodes exactly. We don't *have* to fight for a tiny size reduction of pyc files. Regards Antoine. _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
