[stdlib-sig] new package idea: zip

Alexandre Vassalotti alexandre at peadrop.com
Mon Mar 10 01:52:29 CET 2008


On Sun, Mar 9, 2008 at 6:13 PM, Brett Cannon <brett at python.org> wrote:
> We have to files related to zip files: zipfile and zipimport. Should
>  we bother to consolidate? The problem is the obvious names conflict
>  with built-in type  and a keyword, respectively. A possibility is:
>
>  zipfile -> zip.filer
>  zipimport -> zip.importer
>
>  But I don't know if that is really an improvement. What do other people think?
>

I don't think it's an improvement either.

-- Alexandre


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