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

[Shy Shalom]

> 
> 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
> 
> 


Maybe it can be seeded by both a string path *or* a file object, the same way
zipfile.ZipFile does.
This way I'll be able to somehow override or re-initialize zipimport with my own
StringIO

- Shy