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Dump .pyc file (Python 3.5 version)
#
# read a .pyc file and pretty-print it
#
# copied from http://nedbatchelder.com/blog/200804/the_structure_of_pyc_files.html
# and updated to Python 3.5 (Nov 10th 2015)
#
import dis, marshal, struct, sys, time, types, binascii
def show_file(fname):
f = open(fname, "rb")
magic = f.read(4)
moddate = f.read(4)
filesz = f.read(4)
modtime = time.asctime(time.localtime(struct.unpack('=L', moddate)[0]))
filesz = struct.unpack('=L', filesz)
print ("magic %s" % (binascii.hexlify(magic)))
print ("moddate %s (%s)" % (binascii.hexlify(moddate), modtime))
print ("files sz %d" % filesz)
code = marshal.load(f)
show_code(code)
def show_code(code, indent=''):
print ("%scode" % indent)
indent += ' '
print ("%sargcount %d" % (indent, code.co_argcount))
print ("%snlocals %d" % (indent, code.co_nlocals))
print ("%sstacksize %d" % (indent, code.co_stacksize))
print ("%sflags %04x" % (indent, code.co_flags))
show_hex("code", code.co_code, indent=indent)
dis.disassemble(code)
print ("%sconsts" % indent)
for const in code.co_consts:
if type(const) == types.CodeType:
show_code(const, indent+' ')
else:
print (" %s%r" % (indent, const))
print ("%snames %r" % (indent, code.co_names))
print ("%svarnames %r" % (indent, code.co_varnames))
print ("%sfreevars %r" % (indent, code.co_freevars))
print ("%scellvars %r" % (indent, code.co_cellvars))
print ("%sfilename %r" % (indent, code.co_filename))
print ("%sname %r" % (indent, code.co_name))
print ("%sfirstlineno %d" % (indent, code.co_firstlineno))
show_hex("lnotab", code.co_lnotab, indent=indent)
def show_hex(label, h, indent):
h = binascii.hexlify(h)
if len(h) < 60:
print ("%s%s %s" % (indent, label, h))
else:
print ("%s%s" % (indent, label))
for i in range(0, len(h), 60):
print ("%s %s" % (indent, h[i:i+60]))
show_file(sys.argv[1])
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python3.6.8 can also use this, but 3.7.8 cannot. It will encount
"""
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "e:\mpy\showfile.py", line 52, in
show_file(filename)
File "e:\mpy\showfile.py", line 13, in show_file
code = marshal.load(f)
ValueError: bad marshal data (unknown type code)
"""

@jon-king-mindbodyonline

Not sure about 3.7, but just tested 3.8 - an additional 4 bytes of header were added. Not sure what, it's all 0s in what I tested.
Inserted other = f.read(4) at line 13 (after magic) and print ("other %s" % (binascii.hexlify(other))) at 18 (after print magic)

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