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Thu May 13 21:49:44 EDT 2004 · https://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2004-May/044825.html

Greg Ewing wrote:

> Christian Tismer <tismer at stackless.com>:
> 
> 
>>Now, any bytecode that is not yet verified can be run through
>>decompyle just once, and the result is compiled again, signed
>>with your key, and stored.
> 
> 
> If you're going to all that bother, why not just send
> suitably-signed source code in the first place?

Because I prefer suitably-signed bytecode, which would
usually only need the key verification, but no compile
step. There is also no redundancy due to formatting.
A program with a specific key always *is* that program.
I always thought that with a little addition, Python source
code could be completely replaced by bytecode.

ciao - chris

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