Capturing Native/Compiled Code

[delta9]

I've compiled microPython on my Linux box, and can run simple Python programs, often seeing a handy speedup to my runtimes. (I think this is freakin' amazing and awesome.) I can use the command-line switches on the interactive interpreter to emit bytecode vs. native code, and can observe the impact on performance. (Again: great!) What I cannot do, however, is capture the '.pyc' bytecode or the native code. I've used 'strace' to determine that the executable does not access/write to any files after reading my input, so it's all occuring in memory. A cursory check of the source reveals that the '-X compile-only' runtime option merely skips running the (in-memory) generated code, but does not do anything to preserve the compiled result (search 'compile-only' and 'compile_only' in 'unix/main.c' to see what I mean).

So, the question is this: how can I retain the compiled result (specifically, the native code) in an executable format? Must even that 'native' code be run through the interpreter (presumably because it lacks some boilerplate bits)?

[pfalcon]

Just resolve this ticket: https://github.com/micropython/micropython/issues/222

[delta9]

Oh – easy peasy.

Reading through that discussion, it's clear that I should stick to my dayjob. I fairly well follow the gist of it, but it looks like I'm of no help in this area. Thanks for your contribution to the project!