[Python-Dev] zipimport to read from a file object instead of just a path?

[martin at v.loewis.de]

Zitat von Shy Shalom <shooshx at gmail.com>:

> In zipimport.c, function get_data(), the zip file is opened using fopen()
> and read with CLib functions.
> Did anyone ever consider making it possible to read the zipped data from a
> generic file object and not just using a string path?

It's already possible - just write another importer. For the builtin
zipimport, this is not an option, since it seeds itself from the sys.path
entry, which will be a file name. See PEP 302.

Regards,
Martin