[Python-3000] Chaning the import machinery; was: Re: [Python-Dev] setuptools in 2.5.

[Greg Ewing]

Walter Dörwald wrote:

> import foo from url("file:~guido/python-packages/foo")

Hard-wiring pathnames, URLs etc. into one's code on a
regular basis would be an extremely BAD idea. The way
to do that is via configuration mechanisms external
to the program.

It might be useful to have the ability for use in very
specialised circumstances, such as loading plugins. But
it would be rarely used, and there shouldn't be any new
syntax for it, just a function.

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Greg