import hooks (PEP 302) broken in Python >=2.5?

[Ryan Kelly]

On Sun, 2011-08-07 at 11:11 -0700, Josh Haberman wrote:
> When reading about import hooks, I came across a blog entry comment
> that says:
> 
>   One additional thing to note about ihooks is that it's
>   somewhat seriously broken on Python 2.5 and newer and there
>   seems to be little or no interest in fixing it. It's
>   probably worth *always* avoiding when writing new code.
> 
> --http://orestis.gr/blog/2008/12/20/python-import-hooks/#c264
> 
> Does anyone know what this is referring to?  Should I be wary of
> relying on import hooks?

I believe that comment is referring specifically to "ihooks" the stdlib
module, not "import hooks" the general concept as defined in PEP302.
The former pre-dates the later.

I use custom PEP302 loaders all the time and they work fine in at least
2.6, 2.7 and 3.2.


  Ryan

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