[Python-Dev] PEP 273 - Import from Zip Archives
M.-A. Lemburg
mal@lemburg.com
Thu, 28 Feb 2002 14:44:52 +0100
Thomas Heller wrote:
>
> [Jeremy on python-checkins list, PEP 283: Python 2.3 release schedule]
> > Planned features for 2.3
> > Here are a few PEPs that I know to be under consideration.
> [...]
> > S 273 Import Modules from Zip Archives Ahlstrom
>
> I haven't participated in the discussion of PEP 273,
> IIRC it was mostly about implementation details...
>
> Wouldn't it be the right time now, instead of complicating
> the builtin import mechanism further, to simplify the builtin
> import code, and use it as the foundation of a Python coded
> implementation - imputil, or better Gordon's iu.py, or whatever?
This would be nice to have, but how do you bootstrap the
importer if it's written in Python ?
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