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uncompyle2
==========
A Python 2.5, 2.6, 2.7 byte-code decompiler, written in Python 2.7
Introduction
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'uncompyle2' converts Python byte-code back into equivalent Python
source code. It accepts byte-code from Python version 2.5 to 2.7.
Additionally, it will only run on Python 2.7.
The generated source is very readable: docstrings, lists, tuples and
hashes get pretty-printed.
'uncompyle2' is based on John Aycock's generic small languages compiler
'spark' (http://www.csr.uvic.ca/~aycock/python/) and his prior work on
'uncompyle'.
### Additional note (3 July 2004, Ben Burton):
The original website from which this software was obtained is no longer
available. It has now become a commercial decompilation service, with
no software available for download.
Any developers seeking to make alterations or enhancements to this code
should therefore consider these debian packages an appropriate starting
point.
### Additional note (5 June 2012):
The decompilation of python bytecode 2.5 & 2.6 is based on the work of
Eloi Vanderbeken. bytecode is translated to a pseudo 2.7 python bytecode
and then decompiled.
Features
--------
- decompiles Python byte-code into equivalent Python source
- decompiles byte-code from Python version 2.5, 2.6, 2.7
- pretty-prints docstrings, hashes, lists and tuples
- reads directly from .pyc/.pyo files, bulk-decompile whole directories
- output may be written to file, a directory or to stdout
- option for including byte-code disassembly into generated source
For a list of changes please refer to the 'CHANGES' file.
Requirements
------------
uncompyle2 requires Python 2.7
Installation
------------
You may either create a RPM and install this, or install directly from
the source distribution.
Creating RPMS:
python setup.py bdist_rpm
If you need to force the python interpreter to eg. pyton2:
python2 setup.py bdist_rpm --python=python2
### Installation from the source distribution:
python setup.py install
To install to a user's home-dir:
python setup.py install --home=<dir>
To install to another prefix (eg. /usr/local)
python setup.py install --prefix=/usr/local
For more information on 'Installing Python Modules' please refer to
http://www.python.org/doc/current/inst/inst.html
Usage
-----
uncompyle2 -h prints short usage
uncompyle2 --help prints long usage
Known Bugs/Restrictions
-----------------------
No support for python 3.2
It currently reconstructs most of Python code but probably needs to be tested more thoroughly. All feedback welcome