[Python-Dev] Add a -z interpreter flag to execute a zip file

[Crutcher Dunnavant]

Crutcher Dunnavant

On Jul 23, 2007, at 9:55 AM, "Guido van Rossum" <guido at python.org>  
wrote:

> On 7/12/07, Daniel Stutzbach <daniel at stutzbachenterprises.com> wrote:
>> On 7/11/07, Andy C <andychup at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> The good thing about this is that it's extremely simple -- basically
>>> 20 lines of C code to add a -z flag that calls a 3-line Python
>>> function in the runpy module.
>>
>> Instead of requiring a -z flag, why not have the interpreter peak at
>> the file to see if it starts with one of the ZIP magic numbers?
>>
>> That way it Just Works.
>
> I guess you wouldn't recognize a zip file if it hits you in the face.
> Literally. :-)
>
> Zip files don't start with a magic number.

Don't they end with a sentinel? If so, what would be the difference?
>
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