[Python-Dev] "setuptools has divided the Python community"

[Steve Holden]

glyph at divmod.com wrote:
> On 26 Mar, 07:22 pm, barry at python.org wrote:
>> One thing that /would/ be helpful though is the ability to list all
>> the resources under a specific package path.  This is (I think) one
>> use case that pkg_resource fails to support and it's the one place
>> that I've had to drop down to file system introspection.
>>
>> Think: the package-y flavor of
>> os.listdir(os.path.dirname(package.__file__))
> 
> FWIW, the Twisted spelling of this is:
> 
> from twisted.python.modules import getModule
> getModule(__name__).filePath.parent().listdir()
> 
> (and yes, this works with zip files)

Careful, Glyph. Nobody likes a smart-ass ;-)

regards
 Steve
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