On Sun, Jul 15, 2012 at 6:32 PM, Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.pyt...@pearwood.info> wrote: > At compile time, Python parses the source code and turns it into byte- > code. Class and function definitions are executed at run time, the same > as any other statement.
Between the parse step and the 'def' execution, a code object is created. When you call it, that code object already exists. Nothing else really matters, unless there's a bug in the Python optimizer or something weird like that. The nearest thing Python _has_ to a "compile time" is the execution of def. ChrisA -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
