[Python-Dev] Add a -z interpreter flag to execute a zip file

[Guido van Rossum]

On 7/12/07, Daniel Stutzbach <daniel at stutzbachenterprises.com> wrote:
> On 7/11/07, Andy C <andychup at gmail.com> wrote:
> > The good thing about this is that it's extremely simple -- basically
> > 20 lines of C code to add a -z flag that calls a 3-line Python
> > function in the runpy module.
>
> Instead of requiring a -z flag, why not have the interpreter peak at
> the file to see if it starts with one of the ZIP magic numbers?
>
> That way it Just Works.

I guess you wouldn't recognize a zip file if it hits you in the face.
Literally. :-)

Zip files don't start with a magic number.

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