[Zope] External modules and import

[Dieter Maurer]

Joe Goldthwaite wrote at 2004-2-23 14:58 -0700:
> ...
>Where do you define the Pythonpath for Zope?

In the environment variable "PYTHONPATH" (from Zope 2.7 on, you
can extend it (sometimes) from the configuration file).

>I know there's some funky stuff
>about the way Zope handles external modules.

There is not special treatmend for (normal) modules.
There are funky stuff for "External Methods" but apparently
we do not speak about them...

> I don't really understand it
>and I think that's why I'm having trouble figuring this one out.

The primary source of the python path is the environment variable
PYTHONPATH (on windows, it can be determined by a registry entry).
Zope extends it a bit (to find its infrastructure).
Python extends it a bit (to find its runtime library.
Your application can further extend it a bit.

You can see the effective Python path in "Control_Panel -->
Debug information". Watch out for "sys.path".

-- 
Dieter