[Python-Dev] New and Improved Import Hooks

[Jack Jansen]

On Wednesday, Dec 4, 2002, at 11:33 Europe/Amsterdam, Fredrik Lundh 
wrote:
> what's wrong with:
>
> #4
>     for path in sys.path:
>         if isinstance(path, types.StringTypes):
>             do_standard_import(...)
>         else:
>             path.do_import(...)
>

After reading Just's later message and the explanation about how Jython 
does it
I think that my preference is now something like the "if hasattr(path, 
'find_module')"
fix. This will allow you to use a subtype of strings on sys.path. Make 
one
pass over sys.path replacing the zipfiles and other funnies by a 
specialised
subtype of string.
		
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