[Python-Dev] New and Improved Import Hooks

[Guido van Rossum]

> Guido wrote:
> 
> > I still think I'd like sys.path to be a real list of real strings (not
> > necessarily representing files or directories though), with a
> > configurable set of handlers that are given a chance to deal with each
> > string in turn.  (Or was this already rejected?
> 
> I've rejected it.  Does that count?  ;-)
> 
> </F>

Why don't you care about the backwards incompatibilities?

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