[Python-Dev] imputil and modulefinder replacements (original) (raw)

James C. Ahlstrom jim@interet.com
Fri, 05 Oct 2001 15:13:44 -0400

"M.-A. Lemburg" wrote:

"James C. Ahlstrom" wrote: > 3) Package import is not implemented in C, it is implemented > by a Python module which is part of the standard library. Why ? I don't see a need for that and it would slow down package imports which are becoming increasingly popular as the Python code base grows.

Well, I looked at import.c and adding zip files with subdirectories will be a mess. The path searches would have to be extended to zip files. Moving out the package code would be a great simplification.

Or maybe I am lazy. It doesn't help that I don't really understand packages. Your point about efficiency is a good one though, but I am not sure of the magnitude of the slow down.

Anyone else have an opinion?

JimA