Re: [Zope-dev] Proposal: have install_product detect __init__.pyo too

Richard Jones wrote:

I'd like to run python in its optimised mode (to try to squeeze that extra 1-5% of performance out of it ;). The only real barrier to doing this is that install_product doesn't check for __init__.pyo (just .py and .pyc).

Would there be serious problems if it was modified to detect the .pyo as well?

See http://www.python.org/doc/current/tut/node8.html#SECTION00812000000000000000... It explains that the only performance advantage is a slight increase in loading speed, not at runtime. Also, Python should use your .pyo file even if __init__.py exists. It's probably not worth it, tho. Cheers, Evan @ Zope