pyc-wheel 2.0.0

Compile all py files in a wheel to pyc files.

pyc_wheel

Compile all py files in a wheel to pyc files.

Overview

pyc_wheel is a strict fork of Grant Patten’s pycwheel package with a fixes allowing to work with Python3 or higher and with a code reformatting and some improvements.

PyPI record.

Documentation.

Usage

Processing the wheel in place:

$ python3 -m pyc_wheel your_wheel-1.0.0-py3-none-any.whl
# Output: your_wheel-1.0.0-py3-none-any.whl

or renaming for the python version:

$ python3.12 -m pyc_wheel --rename your_wheel-1.0.0-py3-none-any.whl
# Output: your_wheel-1.0.0-cp312-none-any.whl

or with backup:

$ python3.12 -m pyc_wheel --rename --with-backup your_wheel-1.0.0-py3-none-any.whl
# Output: your_wheel-1.0.0-cp312-none-any.whl
#         your_wheel-1.0.0-py3-none-any.whl.bak

or with quiet:

$ python3 -m pyc_wheel --quiet your_wheel-1.0.0-py3-none-any.whl
# Output: your_wheel-1.0.0-py3-none-any.whl

or skipping compilation for a file subset:

$ python3 -m pyc_wheel --exclude "some/regex" your_wheel-1.0.0-py3-none-any.whl

To check all available processing options:

$ python3 -m pyc_wheel --help

Installation

Prerequisites:

• Python 3.10 or higher

  • https://www.python.org/

• pip and setuptools

  • https://pypi.org/project/pip/

  • https://pypi.org/project/setuptools/

To install run:

python -m pip install --upgrade pyc_wheel

Development

Prerequisites:

• Development is strictly based on tox. To install it run:

  python -m pip install --upgrade tox

Visit Development page.

Installation from sources:

clone the sources:

git clone https://github.com/karpierz/pyc_wheel.git pyc_wheel

and run:

python -m pip install ./pyc_wheel

or on development mode:

python -m pip install --editable ./pyc_wheel

License

Copyright (c) 2019-2025 Adam Karpierz

Copyright (c) 2016 Grant Patten

Licensed under the MIT License

https://opensource.org/license/mit

Please refer to the accompanying LICENSE file.

Authors

• Grant Patten <[e-mail]>

• Adam Karpierz <[e-mail]>

Changelog

2.0.0 (2025-09-08)

• Mark the package as typed.

• Setup (dependencies) update.

1.5.0 (2025-09-01)

• Making the package typed.

• Setup (dependencies) update.

1.3.6 (2025-07-07)

• Unittests have been added.

• 100% code coverage.

• A few minor code improvements.

• Setup (dependencies) update.

1.3.5 (2025-06-11)

• Setup (dependencies) update.

1.3.4 (2025-05-15)

• The distribution is now created using ‘build’ instead of ‘setuptools’.

• Setup (dependencies) update (due to regressions in tox and setuptools).

1.3.2 (2025-05-10)

• Add support for Python 3.14

• Drop support for Python 3.9 (due to compatibility issues).

• Add support for PyPy 3.11

• Drop support for PyPy 3.9

• Add –rename and –symlink options.

• Fix for a bug

• Fix for a bug when wheel tag rewrite processed incorrectly

• Fix links in README.rst

• Update readthedocs’s python to version 3.13

• Update tox’s base_python to version 3.13

• Setup (dependencies) update.

1.3.0 (2025-02-10)

• Add support for Python 3.10, 3.11, 3.12 and 3.13

• Drop support for Python 3.6, 3.7 and 3.8

• Add support for PyPy 3.9 and 3.10

• Add –optimize argument to allow setting the optimization level of the compiler.

• Wheel name should include Python tag.

• Preserve the permissions bits.

• Extend docs for –exclude and –help.

• Add –log argument to allow logging.

• 100% code linting.

• Copyright year update.

• Setup update (currently based on pyproject.toml).

• Tox configuration has been moved to pyproject.toml

  and now based on tox >= 4.0

• Setup (dependencies) update.

1.2.7 (2021-10-14)

• Setup update.

1.2.6 (2021-07-20)

• Setup general update and improvement.

1.2.4 (2020-10-18)

• Drop support for Python 3.5.

• Fixed docs setup.

1.1.0 (2020-09-22)

• Add support for Python 3.9.

• Fixed improper permission setting to read distribution.

• Setup general update and cleanup.

1.0.3 (2020-01-16)

• Added ReadTheDocs config file.

• Setup update.

1.0.2 (2019-12-03)

• Added the ability to exclude files from compilation.

• Added the ability to use wildcards.

1.0.1rc3 (2019-11-30)

• A little fix for README.rst

1.0.1rc2 (2019-11-30)

• Creating a fork of Grant Patten’s pycwheel package with a fixes,

  changes and improvements allowing to work with Python3 or higher.

Changes of the original pycwheel:

1.0.0 (Sep 25, 2016)

• Initial commit.