[Python-Dev] PEP 273: Import Modules from Zip Archives

[Just van Rossum]

[Guido]
> - I'm not sure I care about having .so files inside packages on the
>   filesystem; they are useful in Zope, but for very hackish reasons.

[Just]
> Why? If I write a package which is mostly in Python, it feels very
> natural to put the C extensions also in the package.

[Guido]
> Yes, it does, and as long as it works, I have no problem with that.
> Distutils supports this too, AFAIK.

Ah, ok, I think I misread your comment above as "I'm not sure I care
about allowing .so files inside packages to begin with", hence my "why".

Just