Fix distutils byte-compilation to comply with PEP 3147 (#11254).

Patch by Jeff Ramnani.  Tested with -B, -O and -OO.

1 files changed, 8 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/Doc/distutils/apiref.rst b/Doc/distutils/apiref.rst
index 4c849a9bf0..e3d41ccb89 100644
--- a/Doc/distutils/apiref.rst
+++ b/Doc/distutils/apiref.rst
@@ -1204,9 +1204,9 @@ other utility module.
 .. function:: byte_compile(py_files[, optimize=0, force=0, prefix=None, base_dir=None, verbose=1, dry_run=0, direct=None])
 
    Byte-compile a collection of Python source files to either :file:`.pyc` or
-   :file:`.pyo` files in the same directory.  *py_files* is a list of files to
-   compile; any files that don't end in :file:`.py` are silently skipped.
-   *optimize* must be one of the following:
+   :file:`.pyo` files in a :file:`__pycache__` subdirectory (see :pep:`3147`).
+   *py_files* is a list of files to compile; any files that don't end in
+   :file:`.py` are silently skipped.  *optimize* must be one of the following:
 
    * ``0`` - don't optimize (generate :file:`.pyc`)
    * ``1`` - normal optimization (like ``python -O``)
@@ -1231,6 +1231,11 @@ other utility module.
    is used by the script generated in indirect mode; unless you know what you're
    doing, leave it set to ``None``.
 
+   .. versionchanged:: 3.2.3
+      Create ``.pyc`` or ``.pyo`` files with an :func:`import magic tag
+      <imp.get_tag>` in their name, in a :file:`__pycache__` subdirectory
+      instead of files without tag in the current directory.
+
 
 .. function:: rfc822_escape(header)