Compiling Python to native code? [duplicate]

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Is it feasible to compile Python to machine code?

Is it possible to compile Python code (plus its dependencies, plus the interpreter library) into a single, native Windows executable (with nothing else bundled along with it) from a Python file? (Kind of like how the GNU compiler for Java compiles Java into a native (humongous) executable, which contains everything in true machine code.)

If so, how would I go about doing this?

(Specifically, py2exe does not do what I want -- it includes the libraries inside a separate ZIP file, and it includes the interpreter as a separate DLL.)

Note 1:

To emphasize, I'm not asking for a "self-extracting archive", an "executable packer", or some other way of 'cheating' by bundling the files inside an exe -- I'm looking for something that genuinely converts Python into a native executable, like what GCJ does for Java.

Note 2:

Only if the above isn't possible:

Is it possible to at least generate a single executable from a Python code containing the interpreter bundled along with all the library dependencies, such that the resulting executable does not need to self-extract onto the target disk before running?

In this scenario, the 'compilation' requirement is relaxed: it doesn't matter if the code is actually compiled into machine code (it could simply be embedded as a text resource into the target executable), but the result must nevertheless be a single exe file [and nothing else] that can run standalone, specifically without needing to unpack/install anything onto the target disk before running.

Answer 1

Shed Skin can compile Python to C++, but only a restricted subset of it. Some aspects of Python are very difficult to compile to native code.