[Python-3000] stdlib as .zip by default

[Brett Cannon]

On Mon, Jun 23, 2008 at 4:46 AM, Oleg Broytmann <phd at phd.pp.ru> wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 23, 2008 at 12:07:00PM +0100, Nick Craig-Wood wrote:
>> I imagine having the stdlib in one .zip will stop lots of seeking and
>> improve the first time.
>
>   Instead of seeking in the filesystem you end up seeking in the zip. Why
> do you expect it'd be faster?
>

I am going to guess Nick meant seeking in terms of "looking in the
filesystem for a file", e.g. less stat calls.

-Brett