Crutcher Dunnavant
On Jul 23, 2007, at 9:55 AM, "Guido van Rossum" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 7/12/07, Daniel Stutzbach <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> On 7/11/07, Andy C <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> The good thing about this is that it's extremely simple -- basically >>> 20 lines of C code to add a -z flag that calls a 3-line Python >>> function in the runpy module. >> >> Instead of requiring a -z flag, why not have the interpreter peak at >> the file to see if it starts with one of the ZIP magic numbers? >> >> That way it Just Works. > > I guess you wouldn't recognize a zip file if it hits you in the face. > Literally. :-) > > Zip files don't start with a magic number. Don't they end with a sentinel? If so, what would be the difference? > > -- > --Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/) > _______________________________________________ > 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/crutcher%40gmail.com _______________________________________________ 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
