[Python-Dev] re-ordering sys.path

[Guido van Rossum]

> >  So, I'm proposition to reorganize the PYTHONPATH like this :

["site-packages first" proposal snipped]

(Why do people write PYTHONPATH when they mean sys.path?)

> Will this work?  If so, why is it not already done?

I think it will work just fine.  I suppose I was afraid that people
would abuse this to override standard modules that will break other
stuff in subtle ways, but they can do that anyway using the
$PYTHONPATH environment variable.

--Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/)