Just van Rossum <just@letterror.com> writes:

Michael Hudson wrote:

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I've not really been following this discussion with utmost care, but the name "meta_path" doesn't move me. Wouldn't sys.importers be better name? Or maybe I'm misunderstanding it's intent -- which is still an argument for a better name.

I don't like the name much either, but it _does_ fit quite well as the idea is that sys.path importing gets invoked through an item on meta_path. Perhaps this sketch helps a little:

sys.meta_path = [ BuiltinImporter(), # handles builtin modules FrozenImporter(), # handles frozen modules PathImporter(), # handles sys.path ] [...]

Right, that's what I thought was roughly the plan -- but I still don't like the name. In this world, sys.path is sort-of subsidiary to sys.meta_path -- which jars, to me at least. It makes sense with a bit of historical knowledge, but not without, IMHO. Of course, these mild gripes shouldn't delay the real work -- but names are important. Cheers, M. -- Remember - if all you have is an axe, every problem looks like hours of fun. -- Frossie -- http://home.xnet.com/~raven/Sysadmin/ASR.Quotes.html