[Python-Dev] Release manager pronouncement needed: PEP 302 Fix (original) (raw)

Phillip J. Eby pje at telecommunity.com
Sat Jul 29 00:00:36 CEST 2006

At 10:55 PM 7/28/2006 +0200, Martin v. Löwis wrote:

Phillip J. Eby wrote: > The issue is that a proper fix that caches existence requires adding new > types to import.c and thus might appear to be more of a feature. I was > therefore reluctant to embark upon the work without some assurance that it > wouldn't be rejected as adding a last-minute feature.

So do you have a patch, or are going to write one?

Yes, it's checked in as r50916.

It ultimately turned out to be simpler than I thought; only one new type (imp.NullImporter) was required.

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