[Python-Dev] PEP 273: Import Modules from Zip Archives

[Guido van Rossum]

> OK.  I propose that there is one name added to sys.path, and the
> file name is "python%s%s.zip" % (sys.version[0], sys.version[2]).
> For example, python22.zip.  This is the same on all platforms.
> 
> On Unix, the directory is sys.prefix + "/lib".  So for prefix
> /usr/local, the path /usr/local/lib/python2.2/ is already on
> sys.path, and /usr/local/lib/python22.zip would be added.
> 
> On Windows, the directory is the directory of sys.executable.
> 
> The zip archive name is always inserted as the second item
> in sys.path.  The first always seems to be ''.

Sounds good to me.  Somebody please update the PEP.

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