[Python-Dev] module extension search order - can it be changed?

[Michael Hudson]

Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> writes:

>> Speaking entirely from a point of ignorance, why are the source line #s 
>> not shown for frames that are implemented in modules loaded from 
>> zipimport?
>
> Because the code printing the tracebacks doesn't know how to look
> inside a zip file.

It Would Be Nice (tm) if the code that printed tracebacks could be
made cleverer in some fashion.  For instance, in a pyrepl session I
have the source in the session's history and it would surely be nice
if I could display it in tracebacks.

Of course, I have no idea how to go about implementing this :-)

Cheers,
M.

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