[Python-Dev] Another approach for the import mechanism

[Gustavo Niemeyer]

> So you can have only a single multi-file non-package zipfile in each
> directory on sys.path? I find this quite ugly: a directory with only a

Well, with the current implementation you'll only allow one single
multi-file non-package zipfile in each entry of sys.path. :-)

> single file in it, and potentially many of these. What is the
> advantage of this limitation?

- Don't have to change path to use compressed packages (at least
  not if you want to provide compressed packages, individual
  compressed modules or the standard library).

- Don't have to specify the compression type hardcoded.

- Allows one to ship a package inside a zip file, without asking
  the user to change his path, and without hacking the package.

- Allows one to compress a single file (foobar.py.bz2).

I belive that my propose is quite clear now. If there are no
additional supporters, there's no reason to go on.

Thanks to everyone who discussed.

-- 
Gustavo Niemeyer

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