[Python-Dev] zipimport & import hooks

[David Ascher]

A question: Is 'import hook chaining' a requirement?

Should one be able to import from a bzip'ed file inside a zip file at a URL?

A (probably OT) thought: it feels like this should be viewed in the context of 
an even more ambitious (ha!) effort like Tcl's VFS (virtual file system) -- 
see http://mini.net/tcl/vfs.  That is a more ambitious approach, but one that 
I like a lot at least in theory =).

--da