diff --git a/source/the-interpreter.rst b/source/the-interpreter.rst index d783b24..5780491 100644 --- a/source/the-interpreter.rst +++ b/source/the-interpreter.rst @@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ Bytecode Trick There are a few tricks the interpreter has up its sleeve that I recommend you utilize on a regular basis. -The first trick is ``PYTHONDONTWRITEBYECODE``. If you set this environment variable (e.g. in your ``~/.bashrc`` file or similar), Python won't write ``*.pyc`` files to disk, which is great, because they are incredibly annoying. +The first trick is ``PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE``. If you set this environment variable (e.g. in your ``~/.bashrc`` file or similar), Python won't write ``*.pyc`` files to disk, which is great, because they are incredibly annoying. I've been using this environment variable for 7+ years for development and have never had any problems becaue of it. @@ -29,4 +29,4 @@ Interactive Trick The second trick is to run a Python script, say ``hello.py`` in "interactive" mode, with the ``$ python -i hello.py`` flag. -This flag will run the script, like usual, but will then drop you into a REPL afterwards that has all the locals and globals from the script loaded, for your interactive pleasure. Very useful. \ No newline at end of file +This flag will run the script, like usual, but will then drop you into a REPL afterwards that has all the locals and globals from the script loaded, for your interactive pleasure. Very useful.