λ rm -rf __pycache__                                                                                                                            130 
λ python -m compileall x.py --invalidation-mode timestamp
Compiling 'x.py'...
λ python -m compileall x.py --invalidation-mode timestamp
λ python -m compileall x.py --invalidation-mode checked-hash

λ python
>>> import importlib.util
>>> with open("__pycache__/x.cpython-311.pyc", "rb") as f:
...     d = f.read()
... 
>>> d[:4]
b'\xa7\r\r\n'
>>> d[4:8]
b'\x00\x00\x00\x00'

λ rm -rf __pycache__
λ python -m compileall x.py --invalidation-mode checked-hash
Compiling 'x.py'...

λ python
>>> with open("__pycache__/x.cpython-311.pyc", "rb") as f:
...     d = f.read()
... 
>>> d[:4]
b'\xa7\r\r\n'
>>> d[4:8]
b'\x03\x00\x00\x00'