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Byte-compile Python libraries
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Tools for byte-compiling all Python source files in a directory tree.

This module provides some utility functions to support installing
Python libraries.  These functions compile Python source files in a
directory tree, allowing users without permission to write to the
libraries to take advantage of cached byte-code files.

The source file for this module may also be used as a script to compile
Python sources in directories named on the command line or in
`sys.path'.

`compile_dir(dir[, maxlevels[, ddir[, force]]])'
     Recursively descend the directory tree named by DIR, compiling all
     `.py' files along the way.  The MAXLEVELS parameter is used to
     limit the depth of the recursion; it defaults to `10'.  If DDIR is
     given, it is used as the base path from which the filenames used
     in error messages will be generated.  If FORCE is true, modules
     are re-compiled even if the timestamps are up to date.

`compile_path([skip_curdir[, maxlevels[, force]]])'
     Byte-compile all the `.py' files found along `sys.path'.  If
     SKIP_CURDIR is true (the default), the current directory is not
     included in the search.  The MAXLEVELS and FORCE parameters
     default to `0' and are passed to the `compile_dir()' function.

See also:
     Note: py_compile Byte-compile a single source file.