[Zope3-dev] Zip import and sys.path manipulation (was Re: directory hierarchy proposal)

[Barry A. Warsaw]

>>>>> "GvR" == Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> writes:

    >> Random, harried thought: maybe we can use .pth files to extend
    >> the __path__?  IOW, something like the above would search
    >> sys.path for zope.pth files, and do the equivalent to what
    >> site.py already does.

    GvR> That would be a useful addition to the pkgutil.py module that
    GvR> I just proposed.

The nice thing is if we can localize things to pkgutil.py, we wouldn't
/have/ to release Python 2.2.3 to get backported support.  Just
release pkgutil.py as its own distutils package which Zope3 could
"setup.py install" first thing.  It lands in site-packages for older
Python's to use, but when it gets released with Python 2.3, it'll be
ignored in favor of the standard library version.

-Barry