[Python-Dev] Re: Proposed Python api for testing whether a module exists (original) (raw)

Paul Moore pf_moore at yahoo.co.uk
Mon Aug 2 19:09:57 CEST 2004

Jim Fulton <jim at zope.com> writes:

I propose to add the following function to the imp module:

exists(modulename) [...] If there are no objections, I'll try to get this in before Wednesday night.

Does this work in the presence of PEP 302 style import hooks? Specifically, the case where there's a zipfile on sys.path.

Paul.

A little inaccuracy sometimes saves tons of explanation -- Saki

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