[Python-Dev] PEP 273 - Import from Zip Archives (original) (raw)

Gordon McMillan gmcm@hypernet.com
Thu, 28 Feb 2002 14:06:33 -0500

On 28 Feb 2002 at 12:16, James C. Ahlstrom wrote:

I think I can add iu.py as the standard Python importer to my import.c patches. That is, if iu.py can be imported (using C), then it takes over imports. Note that the C code changes to import.c are still required. Also note that iu.py may be in a zip file, and so the import.c changes are still required.

Thanks, but I don't want iu.py to be used instead of c import in normal Python installations. I'll use it that way in Installer, but since that's an embedding app, it's not hard to bootstrap.

In the context of python-dev, iu is, I think, useful because it (a) emulates nearly exactly Python's import rules and (b) it does so in a nicely OO framework with some interesting facilities. In other words, as a model of what some future revamp of c import might be.

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