Added function to compile file to bytecode...needs hy hackage

hy/utils.py

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+import os
+import imp
+import marshall
+
+
+MAGIC = imp.get_magic()
+
+def _write_long(fp, int_):
+    """Internal; write a 32-bit int to a file in little-endian order."""
+    fp.write(chr( int_        & 0xff))
+    fp.write(chr((int_ >> 8)  & 0xff))
+    fp.write(chr((int_ >> 16) & 0xff))
+    fp.write(chr((int_ >> 24) & 0xff))
+
+
+def write_pyc(filename, cfile=None, dfile='source'):
+    """Byte-compile one Python source file to Python bytecode.
+
+    Arguments:
+    filename: filename associated with the bytecode (i.e., foo.py)
+
+    cfile:   target filename; defaults to source with 'c' or 'o' appended
+             ('c' normally, 'o' in optimizing mode, giving .pyc or .pyo)
+    dfile:   purported filename; defaults to source (this is the filename
+             that will show up in error messages)
+    See http://hg.python.org/cpython/file/2.7/Lib/py_compile.py
+    """
+    # 'U' opens the file in universal line-ending mode.
+    with open(filename, 'U') as f:
+        try:
+            timestamp = long(os.fstat(f.fileno()).st_mtime)
+        except AttributeError:
+            timestamp = long(os.stat(filename).st_mtime)
+        codestring = f.read()
+
+    codeobject = compile(codestring, dfile or self.filename,'exec')
+
+    # Add on the .pyc (or .pyo) filename extension.
+    if cfile is None:
+        cfile = filename + (__debug__ and 'c' or 'o')
+
+    # Write out the compiled code.
+    with open(cfile, 'wb') as f:
+
+        # Write a placeholder for the magic number.
+        f.write('\0\0\0\0')
+
+        # Write the timestamp.
+        _write_long(f, timestamp)
+
+        # Dump the bytecode.
+        marshal.dump(codeobject, f)
+
+        # Write the magic number of the placeholder.
+        f.flush()
+        f.seek(0, 0)
+        f.write(MAGIC)