[pypy-dev] Re: autopath obsolete?

[Michael Hudson]

Christian Tismer <tismer at stackless.com> writes:

> Hi colleagues,
>
> I was wondering why we still need stuff like autopath?
> I simply use a pypy.pth file in my standard python
> folder which contains the path to pypy, and things
> work fine.
> Why do we really need autopath?

Well, if you run stuff from inside the pypy directory it's a good idea
to get the current directory *out* of sys.path.

autopath is a bit of a hack, I agree, but it's not costing much, is it?

Cheers,
mwh

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