This directory contains support tools for the Python compiler package, which is now part of the standard library.

compile.py Demo that compiles a Python module into a .pyc file using the pure-Python compiler code.

demo.py Prints the names of all the methods defined in a module, as a demonstration of walking through the abstract syntax tree produced by the parser.

dumppyc.py Dumps the contents of a .pyc file, printing the attributes of the code object followed by a code disassembly.

regrtest.py Runs the Python test suite using bytecode generated by the pure-Python compiler code instead of the builtin compiler.