would be nice: import from archive

[Dan Perl]

My bad.  Right after posting the message I found the 'Index of Python
Enhancement Proposals (PEPs)'
and there is PEP 273, 'Import Modules from Zip Archives', submitted by
James C. Ahlstrom.  Thank you, Jim!  And there are even two implementations
already.

Dan

"Dan Perl" <dperl at rogers.com> wrote in message
news:2SJXc.79576$pTn.26490 at news01.bloor.is.net.cable.rogers.com...
> Here is a python feature that I would like: to be able to import modules
> from an archive like the jar files in Java.  Maybe a regular tar file?
> Maybe a python specific file type, let's call it a 'par' file?
>
> It would be useful in packaging an python library.  Sure, there's always
the
> python packages, but a single file instead of a whole directory tree would
> be more convenient.  I am particularly interested because I am working on
a
> framework/toolkit and I am using a configuration divided into several
> modules.  It would be nice to be able to save configurations (combinations
> of several modules) into single archive files and then switch between
> configurations by pointing to one such archive file.
>
> I am quite new to python so I should ask first whether there is already
> something like that, although I did a search already.  Or maybe such a
> feature has already been discussed somewhere?  If this is an original
idea,
> how can I propose it for future releases?
>
> Dan Perl
> (yes, I'm Mr. Perl, but I'm using Python, after all Perl is not my middle
> name, it's my last name)
>
>