It's probably easy but I'm not able to get the syntax correct when guessing and can't find a lot searching for an answer on google.

I've tried

python -o foo.py --> syntax error
py_compile.compile("foo.py") --> this gives a pyc result

I've tried a bunch of ways, just get syntax errors and can't hit it. Any help?

Ok this works:

py_compile.compile("foo.py",None,None,False,1)

whew

If you need to compile more than one file I recommend this:

Compiling one file is pretty easy. I do it like by opening the command line in Windows and typing this:



First of all, you'll need to put your module in the python33 directory. Also, you'll find the compiled file in the __pycache__ folder of your python33 directory.

Hey mgomez, can you help me out?
I'm try to compile py scripts and I always end up failing because of a missing module. For example, I am trying to compile a mod from this site (the mod includes a pyo file already but I just want to see if I can do it). I place the mod in the directory (Scripts) with alongside the pyhton files from the sims 4 folder, and I type this:


To compile this, it has to import some sims 4 modules. It imports sims4.commands, enums, and so on.
When it tries to compile sims4.log, I get an error on line 1 because it can't find module _trace (which is imported on line one of sims4.log)

What am I doing wrong?

You don't have to import them or anything. Just compile it like that with the missing modules. It will yield a pyo with your script as long as there are no syntax errors. You should see your PYO in the __pycache__ folder of Python33.