compile .py to .mpy on the board

[Picasso]

At a company digi they have the xbee cellular modem board. See:
https://www.digi.com/resources/document ... _files.htm

Their doc describes a uos.compile() function that compiles .py files into .mpy files on the board itself.
To me this sounds interesting, since it would enable users to create mpy files, compatible with their boards, without having to be able to build micropython and the cross over compiler.
Would this be something that adds value to MicroPython?

[cefn]

See these issues for dynamically bytecode-compiling .mpy files on the filesystem ready to be loaded into RAM...
https://github.com/micropython/micropython/issues/2709
https://github.com/micropython/micropython/issues/4187

...and these issues for loading dynamically generated .mpy structures into executable flash for ESP8266, skipping RAM
https://github.com/micropython/micropython/issues/3681
https://github.com/micropython/micropython/issues/4124

[Picasso]

Ok, I see. Although a good idea, it was not that original. Majority of the implementation is already done (reading damiens' comment), glueing it together in the proper way using the proper methods is the remaining part.

My guess is that this issue is not done yet since it does not have suifficient priority. This brings me to a next question ( I will start a new topic on this), and that is "what is the target audience for micropython?".