import a module from an archive ?

[Christian Tismer]

vincent Salaun wrote:

> hi all,
> 
> i'd like to know if it's possible to import a module from an archive 
> (zip, rar, tar, jar, ...)
> I've tried using different formats but it still doesn't work .....
> 
> i make:
>    >>>sys.path.append('d:/myModules.zip')
>    >>>import aModuleFromTheArchive
> 
> is there a way to do that ?
> the problem is that i've embed a python interpreter in our java app and 
> our scripts need some standard modules from python and jython but the 2 
> 'Lib' directories of python and jython are a bit heavy : 8Mb ....

This has started with PEP 273, and was implemented after PEP 302,
see http://www.python.org/peps/pep-0302.html

See also the module zipfile.

And here is how to do it:

http://www.python.org/doc/current/whatsnew/node5.html

ciao - chris

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