Pyload: [Question] .pyc vs. .py files

[Burnout5151]

Hi, I wanted to try and apply an existing Bugfix to my server.
But I discovered that for each .py-file there is a compiled .pyc file.
When/How often are these compiled? Is it sensible to change a .py file, or will the changes just be ignored, because there already is a compiled file?

Does anyone know this off the bat? I'm hesistant to read deep into the project, because when 0.5 arrives, all effort in the old codebase could be obsolete.

[zephura]

From my experience :
1/ alter a .py file
2/ restart pyload
all the required .pyc files will be recompiled if necessary (no need to delete a .pyc)

you have to look carefully to the __version__ property

for info : after stoping pyLoad, you can clear (remove pyc and pyo files) by the command
pyLoadCord --clean

Extract from the manpage
`# pyLoadCore --help

pyLoad v0.4.9 2008-2011 the pyLoad Team
Usage: pyLoadCore [options]

-v, --version Print version to terminal
-c, --clear Delete all saved packages/links
....
--clean Remove .pyc/.pyo files
...`

[GammaC0de]

One more thing to add to @zephura's answer:
if you start pyLoad in debug mode (pyLoadCore -d) it should detect changes to the .py

[Burnout5151]

Thank you two.
It never dawned upon me that there could be a "--help" param or compilation management ( I guess this isn't done by the Python interpreter, but by PyLoad?).
But then I remembered that there is a lot of functionality (CLI, GUI Client, App, ...) and PyLoad is a big project. :-)