[Python-Dev] difficulty of implementing phase 2 of PEP 302 in Python source

[Armin Rigo]

Hi Brett,

On Wed, Sep 27, 2006 at 02:11:30PM -0700, Brett Cannon wrote:
> is so bad that it is worth trying to re-implement the import semantics in
> pure Python or if in the name of time to just work with the C code.

In the name of time, sanity and usefulness, rewriting the expected
semantics in Python would be a major good idea IMHO.  I can cite many
projects that have reimplemented half of the semantics in Python
(runpy.py, the 'py' lib, PyPy...), but none that completed them.  Having
such a complete implementation available in the first place would be
helpful.


A bientot,

Armin