[Python-Dev] Zipping Zope3

Guido van Rossum guido@python.org
Thu, 19 Dec 2002 09:47:37 -0500


> > Also: *anything* that makes zipimporter closer to a file system is
> > going at it from the wrong direction. We *first* need a virtual
> > file system, then an import hook that can import from it, and
> > *then* a zip back end...

Note that there's a design for a VFS API in ihooks.py.  Worth checking
out.

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