[Python-Dev] [Distutils] PEP 365 (Adding the pkg_resources module)

[Guido van Rossum]

On Wed, Mar 19, 2008 at 11:34 AM, Paul Moore <p.f.moore at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 19/03/2008, Guido van Rossum <guido at python.org> wrote:
>  > On Mon, Mar 17, 2008 at 2:19 PM, zooko <zooko at zooko.com> wrote:
>  >  >  4.  The standard Python library includes a tool to find and read
>  >  >  resources (other than Python modules) that came bundled in a Python
>  >  >  package.

> > I think we're pretty close to this already. PEP 302 defines a
>  >  getdata() method. Hopefully most PEP 302 implementations support it.
>  >  The only thing missing IMO is a little function that does what
>  >  getdata() does when there is no __loader__ object (i.e. when the
>  >  default "import-from-filesystem" import method is used).
>
>  I'm currently working on an addition to pkgutil to provide this type
>  of function. I'm considering going a little further (adding functions
>  to get a file-like object, test for existence, and list available
>  resources, modelled on the pkg_resources functions - but these extra
>  ones are not supported by the loader protocol, so I'm undecided as to
>  whether it's worth it, I'll see how complex the code gets).

I'd only do what __loader__ offers. People can always wrap a StringIO around it.

>  Once I have a patch, I'll post it to the tracker. What's the best
>  approach? Code a patch for 3.0 and backport, or code for 2.6 and let
>  the merging process do its stuff?

Code for 2.6, let the merge do its thing.

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