Can I Compile The .py File To .mll File?

[t-xs]

although Maya can load the .py as .mll directly,but I still want to compile my .py files to .mll.
Can someone tell me how to do this?Thanx.

[daniel-faust]

I think I read that there exist some tools that do this. This board might be a bad place for this kind of question, I'm sure tons of people have asked this on publicly accessible newsgroups. You might want to start with this

[t-xs]

QUOTE(Daniel_Faus @ 04/26/07, 01:39 PM) [snapback]264957[/snapback]
I think I read that there exist some tools that do this. This board might be a bad place for this kind of question, I'm sure tons of people have asked this on publicly accessible newsgroups. You might want to start with this

Thanks for your reply

[joojaa]

Well you cant compile it into mll if thats what your asking. However you can compile it to byte code or the pyc file that python puts out and send this. However in any case it can be reversed.

Anyway the pyc code is not human readable. And doing the reverse is a bit of hell.

[amadou]

Yes, I agree with Joojaa .

To xuansit :
You can seperate the codes input two parts .
First part should be kept as .py file , because as I know maya only load .py file and .mll file as plug-in . If you want to hide your codes , you can treat this part as only an interface to the actual functions .
Second part , you can compile it to a .pyc file , it is not human readable . This part is the actual functions part that contains your own method .

[joojaa]

QUOTE(amadou @ 05/01/07, 07:29 AM) [snapback]265189[/snapback]
First part should be kept as .py file , because as I know maya only load .py file and .mll file as plug-in .

then you should do a update, maya doesn't care what the extension is just that its a of supported type. Anyway may asupport both .py and pyc files natively so no need to hastle

[amadou]

hi, Joojaa

I know if I want to load python module then both .py and .pyc files are accepted . But I mean if somebody want to write a scripted plug-in for Maya , and put it into MAYA_PLUG_IN_PATH folder , then load the plug-in in the Maya plug-in manager window , then the file should be .py file as the document says .

Maya document says :

CODE
Note
Although, it is possible to have a non scripted plug-in .py script on the MAYA_PLUG_IN_PATH, these items will not load. Warnings will be issued that entry points cannot be found.

[joojaa]

Hmm yes didn't think of that. Yes your right.