[Python-Dev] Zipping Zope3

[Jack Jansen]

On woensdag, dec 18, 2002, at 23:34 Europe/Amsterdam, Just van Rossum 
wrote:
> Features schmeatures! I would agree, but Paul and I have decided to 
> keep
> the importer protocol real simple, at least for now.

Agreed.
>  The zipimporter object now has a get_data(filename) method
> with which you can do what you want (in a less convenient way), and 
> Paul
> questions even that addition, as we might not be able to go back once
> it's in the core. It could even be the subject of a PEP of its own ;-)
>
> Also: *anything* that makes zipimporter closer to a file system is 
> going
> at it from the wrong direction. We *first* need a virtual file system,
> then an import hook that can import from it, and *then* a zip back
> end...

Ok, point taken,
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