[Python-Dev] Towards 1.6 Final
James C. Ahlstrom
jim@interet.com
Tue, 13 Jun 2000 09:49:36 -0400
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