diff -r 08d340b8b7c7 -r b2faf1b237f9 src/eric7/Project/Project.py
--- a/src/eric7/Project/Project.py Sun Mar 03 10:35:47 2024 +0100
+++ b/src/eric7/Project/Project.py Sun Mar 03 15:56:25 2024 +0100
@@ -4889,6 +4889,27 @@
self.createSBOMAct.triggered.connect(self.__createSBOMFile)
self.actions.append(self.createSBOMAct)
+ self.clearByteCodeCachesAct = EricAction(
+ self.tr("Clear Byte Code Caches"),
+ self.tr("Clear Byte Code &Caches"),
+ 0,
+ 0,
+ self.othersGrp,
+ "project_clear_bytecode_caches",
+ )
+ self.clearByteCodeCachesAct.setStatusTip(
+ self.tr("Clear the byte code caches of the project.")
+ )
+ self.clearByteCodeCachesAct.setWhatsThis(
+ self.tr(
+ """<b>Clear Byte Code Caches</b>"""
+ """<p>This deletes all directories containing byte code cache files."""
+ """</p>"""
+ )
+ )
+ self.clearByteCodeCachesAct.triggered.connect(self.__clearByteCodeCaches)
+ self.actions.append(self.clearByteCodeCachesAct)
+
###################################################################
## Project Tools - code formatting actions - Black
###################################################################
@@ -7152,6 +7173,39 @@
# the configuration file does not exist or is invalid JSON
self.__initVenvConfiguration()
+ #########################################################################
+ ## Below are methods implementing some tool functionality
+ #########################################################################
+
+ @pyqtSlot()
+ def __clearByteCodeCaches(self, directory=None):
+ """
+ Private method to recursively clear the byte code caches of a given directory.
+
+ Note: The byte code cache directiries are named '__pycache__'.
+
+ @param directory directory name to clear byte code caches from (defaults to
+ None)
+ @type str (optional)
+ """
+ if directory is None:
+ # When directory is 'None', we were called by the QAction.
+ if self.ppath:
+ directory = self.ppath
+ else:
+ return
+
+ # step 1: delete the __pycache__ directory
+ cacheDir = os.path.join(directory, "__pycache__")
+ if os.path.exists(cacheDir):
+ shutil.rmtree(cacheDir, ignore_errors=True)
+
+ # step 2: descent into subdirectories
+ with os.scandir(directory) as dirEntriesIterator:
+ for dirEntry in dirEntriesIterator:
+ if dirEntry.is_dir():
+ self.__clearByteCodeCaches(dirEntry.path)
+
#
# eflag: noqa = M601
