What is a frozen Python module?

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The Python help of the module imp is talking about a frozen module. What is it?

http://docs.python.org/library/imp.html#imp.PY_FROZEN

You realize that it points to an explanation right there in that doc? Were you looking for a detailed answer about what the Freeze process is? — jdi, Mar 28 '12 at 22:21
Yeah, you're right I was looking for the freeze process. I read the part. I will reformat it or create a new question. — Dave Halter, Mar 28 '12 at 22:26
write it here: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/9916647/what-is-the-python-freeze-process I will close this question. — Dave Halter, Mar 28 '12 at 22:35

score 39 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 28 '12 at 22:31

This link explains what the Python Freeze utility is in detail: http://wiki.python.org/moin/Freeze

In a nutshell, it creates a portable version of a python script that carries its own built in interpreter (basically like a binary executable), so that you can run it on machines without python.

score 8 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 28 '12 at 22:19

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http://docs.python.org/library/imp.html#imp.PY_FROZEN links to http://docs.python.org/library/imp.html#imp.init_frozen which explains it:

Frozen modules are modules written in Python whose compiled byte-code object is incorporated into a custom-built Python interpreter by Python’s freeze utility. See Tools/freeze/ for now.

answered Mar 28 '12 at 22:19

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score 4 · Answer 3 · answered Mar 28 '12 at 22:19

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The answer is in the same place:

(Frozen modules are modules written in Python whose compiled byte-code object is incorporated into a custom-built Python interpreter by Python’s freeze utility. See Tools/freeze/ for now.)

answered Mar 28 '12 at 22:19

Ken White

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