[Python-Dev] Expat module

[Andrew M. Kuchling]

Guido van Rossum writes:
>> My next task is to add the Expat module.  My understanding is that
>> it's OK to add Expat itself, too; where should I put all that code?
>> Modules/expat/* ?
>
>Whoa...  Not sure.  This will give issues with Patrice, at least (even
>if it is pure Open Source -- given the size).  I'd prefer to add
>instructions to Setup.in about where to get it.

Fair enough; I'll just add the module itself, then, and we can always
change it later.  

Should we consider replacing the makesetup/Setup.in mechanism with a
setup.py script that uses the Distutils?  You'd have to compile a
minipython with just enough critical modules -- strop and posixmodule
are probably the most important ones -- in order to run setup.py.
It's something I'd like to look at for 1.6, because then you could be
much smarter in automatically enabling modules.

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