[Python-Dev] test_sax and site-python

[Guido van Rossum]

> [Jack Jansen]
> > I'm not sure whether this is really a bug, but I had the problem
> > that there  was something wrong with the xml package I had
> > installed into my Lib/site-python, and this caused test_sax to
> > complain.
> >
> > If the test stuff is expected to test only the core functionality
> > maybe sys.path should be edited so that it only contains directories
> > that are part of the core distribution?
> 
[Tim]
> AFAIK, xml *is* considered part of the core now, and has been since 2.0 was
> released.  The wisdom of that decision is debatable with hindsight, but
> AFAICT xml is in the same boat as, say, zlib now:  not builtin, and requires
> 3rd-party code to work, but part of the core all the same.  The Windows
> installer comes w/ the necessary xml (and zlib) pieces, and I suppose the
> Mac Python package also should.

Yes, but Jack was talking about a non-std xml package in
site-python...  I agree that this shouldn't be picked up.  But is it
worth taking draconian measures to avoid this?

--Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/)