On 9/21/06, Guido van Rossum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I think one missing feature is a mechanism whereby you can say "THIS > package (gives top-level package name) lives HERE (gives filesystem > location of package)" without adding the parent of HERE to sys.path > for all module searches. I think Phillip Eby's egg system might > benefit from this.
This is pretty easy to do with a custom importer on sys.meta_path. Getting the details right is a touch fiddly, but it's conceptually straightforward. Hmm, I might play with this - a set of PEP 302 importers to completely customise the import mechanism. The never-completed "phase 2" of the PEP included a reimplementation of the built in import mechanism as hooks. Is there any interest in this actually happening? I've been looking for an interesting coding project for a while (although I never have any free time...) Paul. _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
