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diff --git a/Doc/library/py_compile.rst b/Doc/library/py_compile.rst index 40ca58806e..ca86143eab 100644 --- a/Doc/library/py_compile.rst +++ b/Doc/library/py_compile.rst @@ -40,6 +40,11 @@ byte-code cache files in the directory containing the source code. line, if *args* is not specified) are compiled and the resulting bytecode is cached in the normal manner. This function does not search a directory structure to locate source files; it only compiles files named explicitly. + If ``'-'`` is the only parameter in args, the list of files is taken from + standard input. + + .. versionchanged:: 2.7 + Added support for ``'-'``. When this module is run as a script, the :func:`main` is used to compile all the files named on the command line. The exit status is nonzero if one of the files |