[Python-Dev] Making directories and zip files executable (original) (raw)

Guido van Rossum guido at python.org
Tue Sep 11 19:48:57 CEST 2007

I could use a refresher on how PJE's patch solves Andy's problem.

On 9/11/07, Nick Coghlan <ncoghlan at gmail.com> wrote:

The local patch I have for PEP 366 is somewhat stale, and before I bring it up to date with SVN head, I'd like to close out the issue raised a while back regarding making zip files executable [1].

The original proposal was for a new command line switch, but PJE came up with a patch (attached to the roundup tracker item) that uses the existing import machinery to avoid the need for the extra command line switch (by checking if the argument is a valid sys.path entry before checking to see if it is an executable script). I personally like the idea (and PJE's approach), and the performance impact on script startup time appears to be negligible (although I haven't performed any high precision measurements - I'm just using the Linux time utility on a short test script with and without the patch). Are there any objections to my committing this? Cheers, Nick. [1] http://bugs.python.org/issue1739468 -- Nick Coghlan | ncoghlan at gmail.com | Brisbane, Australia --------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.boredomandlaziness.org

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