sys.path - stuff from nowhere?

[Robert Kern]

Richard Kessler wrote:
> Just build python 2.3.4 (needed for Zope and Plone). Trying to learn more
> about use the data in sys.path from importing. When I run Python at the
> command prompt, import sys and print sys.path I get stuff that makes no
> sense. For example, /usr/local/lib/python23.zip.

Python can import from zip files, now, so yes, it does make sense.

http://www.python.org/peps/pep-0273.html

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Robert Kern
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