[Distutils] Replacing pip.exe with a Python script

[Donald Stufft]

On Jul 15, 2013, at 9:39 AM, Paul Moore <p.f.moore at gmail.com> wrote:

> I'm looking at the possibility of replacing the current setuptools entry point based pip executables with Python scripts. The biggest problem is that a script "pip.py" shadows the pip package, making "import pip" fail.
> 
> I can get round this by deleting sys.path[0] (the location of the currently running script) but how robust is that? Are there any corner cases where it would break? Or alternatively, is there a better way to do this rather than messing directly with sys.path? I suspect this is a fairly common question, but my Google-fu is failing me :-(
> 
> Sorry, I know this is a basic Python coding question - in my defence, it's for something related to the current pip discussions :-)
> 
> Paul
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Maybe this is a crazy idea, but would a windows only extension work? .pye(executable) Then just associate .pye with the launcher. Python won't see .pye as importable so there's no shadow issues.

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