Colin J. Williams wrote: > Dennis Lee Bieber wrote: >> On Thu, 30 Nov 2006 18:14:11 -0500, "Colin J. Williams" >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> declaimed the following in comp.lang.python: >> >>> As part of the Python initialization, C:\Windows\System32\Python25.zip >>> is set up in the path. >>> >>> I haven't seen any documentation on the use or purpose of the zip file. >>> >> Well, did you examine the contents of it? > There is no such file in C:\Windows\System32 - Python 2.5 on a Windows XP >> >> I believe for some versions now, "import" can pull from a ZIP >> archive -- perhaps they've put the many standard library imports into a >> single file... > Yes, since 2.3 - thanks to Fredrick for the pointer to PEP 273. That > gives the helpful warning that the above should follow the home > directory in the path list. > > PEP 302 says "[PYTHONPATH] is directly needed for Zip imports." > > The role of Python25.zip is not clear. Is it required in the path just > to enable the import X.zip capability?
No. It's there just *in case* you have a Python25.zip lying around containing the library. By default, it isn't. Georg -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
