/Tools/compiler/README

 1This directory contains support tools for the Python compiler package,
 2which is now part of the standard library.
 3
 4compile.py	Demo that compiles a Python module into a .pyc file
 5		using the pure-Python compiler code.
 6
 7demo.py		Prints the names of all the methods defined in a module,
 8		as a demonstration of walking through the abstract syntax
 9		tree produced by the parser.
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11dumppyc.py	Dumps the contents of a .pyc file, printing 
12		the attributes of the code object followed by a 
13		code disassembly.
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15regrtest.py	Runs the Python test suite using bytecode generated 
16		by the pure-Python compiler code instead of the
17		builtin compiler.
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