Oct. 31, 2001
9:11 p.m.
>> Requirement: A ZIP archive be usable any version of Python that >> supports ZIP-based imports. Gordon> Hmm. You want .pyc's with every known magic number (there goes Gordon> disk space)? Or just source and throw away the .pyc? Or maybe Gordon> insert into the zip file? Either way, there goes speed. Can't zip files be treated conceptually as directories? If I import a py-based module from a zip archive I see no particular reason the byte-compiled file can't be added to the archive (conceptually, written to the directory), speeding up the import the next time. Is this not possible? Skip