[Python-checkins] r57516 - sandbox/trunk/import_in_py/Py3K_TODO

[brett.cannon]

Author: brett.cannon
Date: Sun Aug 26 23:21:18 2007
New Revision: 57516

Modified:
   sandbox/trunk/import_in_py/Py3K_TODO
Log:
Turns out some people, <cough>PJE</cough>, rely on leading underscore module
attributes from the C implemenation fo zipimport.  That means it would probably
be in my best interests for backwards-compatibility to do a whitebox
re-implementation of zipimport instead of doing a blackbox one.


Modified: sandbox/trunk/import_in_py/Py3K_TODO
==============================================================================
--- sandbox/trunk/import_in_py/Py3K_TODO	(original)
+++ sandbox/trunk/import_in_py/Py3K_TODO	Sun Aug 26 23:21:18 2007
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@
 "One True Import".  The items in the list must be done in order!
 
 - 2.6-specific
-    * Rewrite zipimport.
+    * Rewrite (as a whitebox re-engineering job) zipimport.
+        + Existing code (pkgutil, setuptools) access _zip_directory_cache.
     * Put into 2.6 stdlib.
 - Py3K-specific
     * Port to Py3K.