[Python-Dev] Re[3]: Patch level versions and new features (Was: Some dull gc stats)

[Martin v. Loewis]

Gerhard H=E4ring <gerhard.haering@gmx.de> writes:

> This might sound clueless, but wouldn't it be a good idea to change that?
> So that site-packages comes before Lib/ in sys.path?

No, this is by design, to prevent people from overriding the standard
library. Essentially, all module names in the standard library are
reserved; this procedure enforces that (somewhat, you can always
insert things in the beginning of sys.path).

Regards,
Martin