[Python-Dev] requirements for moving __import__ over to importlib?

Barry Warsaw barry at python.org
Tue Feb 7 23:59:03 CET 2012


On Feb 07, 2012, at 09:19 PM, Paul Moore wrote:

>One question here, I guess - does the importlib integration do
>anything to make writing on-demand import mechanisms easier (I'd
>suspect not, but you never know...) If it did, then performance issues
>might be somewhat less of a sticking point, as usual depending on use
>cases.

It might even be a feature-win if a standard on-demand import mechanism could
be added on top of importlib so all these projects wouldn't have to roll their
own.

-Barry


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