[Python-Dev] Towards 1.6 Final

[James C. Ahlstrom]

Greg Stein wrote:
> 
> On Mon, Jun 12, 2000 at 04:53:10PM -0400, Barry A. Warsaw wrote:
> > ... disclaimers applied ...
> >
> > - import hooks revamped (push this to 1.7)
> 
> The latest thought had two items here:
> 
> 1) incorporate feedback into imputil.py.
>    [ the feedback is visible at the end of the most recent version:
>        http://www.lyra.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/gjspy/imputil.py/
>    ]
> 2) drop imputil into the standard library, but don't go down the "replace
>    Python's default mechanism with imputil"
> 
> Essentially, this gets imputil out there and usable, but it doesn't directly
> impact Python's operation in 1.6.

I would very much like to see imputil.py in the distribution.  I
currently
use ZIP importing, and I have the ZIP importer class done, except that
it
is based on the old imputil.py.  I think ZIP importing could be a
popular feature.

JimA