Python bytecode and .pyc file format specification

python bytecode pyc
Kikapi picture Kikapi · Feb 5, 2016 · Viewed 10.2k times · Source

I'm looking for pyc file format specification. I found this link that provides bytecode instructions without the opcodes but I need a lot more detailed file that includes the file structure of the .pyc. Can anyone provide me a link to it?

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antony picture antony · Feb 5, 2016

The structure of .pyc files is explained here: http://nedbatchelder.com/blog/200804/the_structure_of_pyc_files.html

Cilyan already posted a link to the actual documentation for the bytecodes in the standard library (https://docs.python.org/3.5/library/dis.html#python-bytecode-instructions).

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