Python is compiling the files with absolute paths because it is much faster to load a file when you know where it is, than to have to find it and then load it.
I'm guessing you're wondering this so you can distribute it compiled or such? If so, I wouldn't do that in the first place. Python's compiled files might be version/architecture dependant. -NcF -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
