Can someone describe the details of how Python loads modules into memory? I assume once the .py file is compiled to .pyc that it is mmap'ed in. But that assumption is very naive. Maybe it uses an anonymous mapping? Maybe it does other special magic? This is all very alien to me, so if someone could explain it in terms that a person who never usually worries about memory could understand, that would be much appreciated.
Follow up: is this process different if the modules are loaded from a zipfile? If there is a link that covers this info, that'd be great too. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
