[Python-Dev] Parallel pyc construction (original) (raw)

Guido van Rossum guido@python.org
Fri, 10 Jan 2003 16:34:45 -0500

What about PEP 301 and an import hook? Couldn't a custom import hook be written up that didn't output a .py file? I would think it could be as simple as finding the file, opening it, and then compiling it as a module and inserting it directly into sys.modules. Wouldn't that circumvent any .py(c|o) writing?

I think using an import hook to prevent writing .pyc files is way too much work. You can't use the built-in code because that does write the .pyc files, so you have to redo all the work that the standard hook does.

--Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/)