[Python-Dev] Caching directory files in import.c

[James C. Ahlstrom]

"James C. Ahlstrom" wrote:

> Looking at the code, I saw that I could do an os.listdir(path),
> and record the directory file names into the same dictionary.
> Then it would not be necessary to perform a large number of
> fopen()'s.  The same dictionary lookup is used instead.

Well, I didn't get a lot of HellNo's, so I added the code.
The new patch for import.c is now part of Patch 476047.
There are a lot of other changes too.  Please take a look.
No, it is not done yet.  Don't install it.

JimA