Building on Windows should remove all `__pycache__`
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Description
Feature or enhancement
The file Makefile.pre.in already has this target:
pycremoval:
-find $(srcdir) -depth -name '__pycache__' -exec rm -rf {} ';'
-find $(srcdir) -name '*.py[co]' -exec rm -f {} ';'
It would be useful to have an equivalent on Windows.
Pitch
This would be helpful when iterating on compiler/bytecode, instead of manually bumping the magic number at each build or manually removing all pycs. It's easy to forget and think there's a bug when in reality the .pyc files are just stale.
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start with the existing pycremoval target in Makefile.pre.in and identify the Windows build entry point that provides equivalent cleanup. Ensure the Windows workflow removes pycache directories and *.py[co] files, then verify the cleanup can be used during compiler or bytecode iteration.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- python
- Domain
- build-system, operating-systems
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 45/100