[Python-Dev] 2.3 startup speed?

[Fred L. Drake, Jr.]

Jeremy Hylton writes:
 > Another obnoxious thing is that site.py imports distutils just for the
 > benefit of people running from a build directory.  It would be nice to
 > find a solution for the build directory that didn't not require a bunch
 > of distutils package imports.

Perhaps, but... those imports only happen if it already looks like
you're running from a build directory, so they don't impact the
imports for an installed Python.


  -Fred

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