[Python-Dev] Order that site-packages is added to sys.path (original) (raw)

Tim Peters tim.one@comcast.net
Wed, 13 Feb 2002 03:00:29 -0500

Note that app developers eager to replace standard libraries, and an OS that allowed them to do so, are the causes of the aptly named "DLL Hell" on Windows. It can work fine for a single app, but it's truly hell when multiple apps resort to this, and end users don't have a prayer of sorting out the inevitable, vicious problems.

if-you-need-your-own-xxx.py-you-know-where-to-shove-it-ly y'rs - tim