[Python-Dev] New and Improved Import Hooks

[Martin v. Löwis]

Just van Rossum <just@letterror.com> writes:

> - Allow the "Import from Zip archive" patch to be rewritten as an
> external module, avoiding the huge mess it is right now, as it
> touches more or less all of import.c and then some. Paul Moore is
> doing an admirable job to get it working and cleaned up, but I
> honestly don't see this getting into the core:

Actually, I do see it getting into the core, nearly as-is.

In what time frame would you expect to implement the zipfile import
patch using your framework?

Regards,
Martin