[Python-checkins] python/dist/src/Misc NEWS,1.577,1.578

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News about zipimport.


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+ - Import from zipfiles is now supported.  The name of a zipfile placed
+   on sys.path causes the import statement to look for importable
+   Python modules (with .py, pyc and .pyo extensions) and packages
+   inside the zipfile.  To support this, several new variables have
+   been added to the sys module: sys.meta_path, sys.path_hooks, and
+   sys.path_importer_cache; these make extending the import statement
+   much more convenient than overriding the __import__ built-in
+   function.  For a description of these, see PEP 302.  The zipfile
+   import follows the specification (though not the sample
+   implementation) of PEP 273.  The semantics of __path__ are
+   compatible with those that have been implemented in Jython since
+   Jython 2.1.
+ 
  - A frame object's f_lineno attribute can now be written to from a
    trace function to change which line will execute next.  A command to
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  Extension modules
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+ - A module zipimport exists to support importing code from zip
+   archives.
  
  - The new datetime module supplies classes for manipulating dates and