[Python-Dev] 2.5 issues need resolving in a few days

[Fredrik Lundh]

Simon Percivall wrote:

>> how about tweaking the xml loader to map "xml.foo" to "_xmlplus.foo"
>> only if that subpackage really exists ?
> 
> I'm a bit confused by what the problem is. I though this was all
> handled like it should be now.

that's how I thought things were done, but then I read Fred's post, and 
looked at the source code, and didn't see this line:

             _xmlplus.__path__.extend(xmlcore.__path__)

or-maybe-someone's-been-using-the-time-machine-ly yrs /F