[Python-Dev] pep-3108.txt

[Barry Warsaw]

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On Jan 2, 2007, at 5:41 PM, M.-A. Lemburg wrote:

> Note that as side-effect of this it becomes a lot harder to manipulate
> PYTHONPATH to trick Python into loading a standard module from a
> non-standard location, improving security and robustness of the
> Python installations.

Sometimes though you want to do this, as when you want your  
application to ensure it gets a particular version of a standard  
library module, regardless of the version of Python being used.  And  
now we're back to application-specific site-packages ;).

- -Barry

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