would be nice: import from archive

[Sean Ross]

"Dan Perl" <dperl at rogers.com> wrote in message
news:2SJXc.79576$pTn.26490 at news01.bloor.is.net.cable.rogers.com...
> Here is a python feature that I would like: to be able to import modules
> from an archive like the jar files in Java.  Maybe a regular tar file?
[snip]
> I am quite new to python so I should ask first whether there is already
> something like that, although I did a search already.  Or maybe such a
> feature has already been discussed somewhere?  If this is an original
idea,
> how can I propose it for future releases?


Well, you can use .zip files
http://www.python.org/doc/2.3.4/whatsnew/node5.html
HTH,
Sean