[Python-Dev] Re: [Python-checkins] python/dist/src/Tools/freeze modulefinder.py,1.24,1.25

[Thomas Heller]

Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> writes:

> > Log Message:
> > Don't look for modules in the registry any longer.
> > 
> > Mark writes in private email:
> > 
> >   "Modules listed in the registry was a dumb idea.  This whole scheme
> >   can die.  AFAIK, no one in the world uses it (including win32all
> >   since the last build)."
> > 
> > (See also SF #643711)
> 
> Woo hoo!  Hurray!  <extatic noises>
> 

Actually this change broke modulefinder again, it doesn't find 'import
pywintypes' any longer. I think I have to install a new win32all
build...

While I noticed that 'imp.find_module("pywintypes")' finds it, it
doesn't find it in this case: 'imp.find_module("pywintypes", sys.path)'.

Looking into import.c, PyWin_FindRegisteredModule() is only called if
path is NULL.  If I understood Mark correctly, this function will have
to be removed.  Is this correct?

Thomas