Hi! On Wed, Aug 23, 2017 at 07:55:00PM +0300, John Torakis <john.tora...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello all! > > Today I opened an issue in bugs.python.org > (http://bugs.python.org/issue31264) proposing a module I created for > remote package/module imports through standard HTTP/S.
The issue is so big IMO it requires a PEP, not just an issue. Anyway I'm -1000 for reasons of security, connectivity (not all hosts are connected), traffic cost and speed. > The concept is that, if a directory is served through HTTP/S (the way > SimpleHTTPServer module serves directories), a Finder/Loader object can > fetch Python files from that directory using HTTP requests, and finally > load them as modules (or packages) in the running namespace. > > The repo containing a primitive (but working) version of the > Finder/Loader, also contains self explanatory examples (in the README.md): > > https://github.com/operatorequals/httpimport > > > My proposal is that this module can become a core Python feature, > providing a way to load modules even from Github.com repositories, > without the need to "git clone - setup.py install" them. > > > Other languages, like golang, provide this functionality from their AFAIK Go downloads modules at compile time, not run time. This is a major distiction with Python. > early days (day one?). Python development can be greatly improved if a > "try before pip installing" mechanism gets in place, as it will add a > lot to the REPL nature of the testing/experimenting process. > > > > Thank you for your time, > > John Torakis, IT Security Researcher > > > > P.S: It is my first time in this mailing list and generally Python > contribution. Please be tolerant! Oleg. -- Oleg Broytman http://phdru.name/ p...@phdru.name Programmers don't die, they just GOSUB without RETURN. _______________________________________________ Python-ideas mailing list Python-ideas@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-ideas Code of Conduct: http://python.org/psf/codeofconduct/