> I think we shouldn't use sys.path for zip archives. Why do you think so? > Why not "copy" importing_modules_from_dlls(pyds) mechanism? What do you mean by that? What is "importing_modules_from_dlls"? If you mean "one .pyd file is one Python module", then this approach won't work for .zip files: People want many .py modules in a single .zip file. Regards, Martin