Re: [IronPython] Compiled dlls and builtin modules

2008-12-15 Thread Dino Viehland
ehalf Of Michael Foord Sent: Monday, December 15, 2008 3:04 PM To: Discussion of IronPython Subject: Re: [IronPython] Compiled dlls and builtin modules Dino Viehland wrote: > > I think this behavior is currently by design because we're using > sys.meta_path which does take precedenc

Re: [IronPython] Compiled dlls and builtin modules

2008-12-15 Thread Dino Viehland
m] On Behalf Of Curt Hagenlocher Sent: Monday, December 15, 2008 3:50 PM To: Discussion of IronPython Subject: Re: [IronPython] Compiled dlls and builtin modules Sounds waaay too easy :P. In the long run, I'd prefer that we implement only the "C" part of these modules and share the Pyth

Re: [IronPython] Compiled dlls and builtin modules

2008-12-15 Thread Curt Hagenlocher
Sounds waaay too easy :P. In the long run, I'd prefer that we implement only the "C" part of these modules and share the Python part with CPython. But this is not only a potentially breaking change, it also would require modification to the standard library for at least the "socket" module. On Mo

Re: [IronPython] Compiled dlls and builtin modules

2008-12-15 Thread Michael Foord
Dino Viehland wrote: I think this behavior is currently by design because we’re using sys.meta_path which does take precedence over the built-in modules. We could switch to using sys.path_hooks in 2.1 or 3.0 if the consensus is this behavior in undesirable (which would also give control over

Re: [IronPython] Compiled dlls and builtin modules

2008-12-15 Thread Dino Viehland
I think this behavior is currently by design because we're using sys.meta_path which does take precedence over the built-in modules. We could switch to using sys.path_hooks in 2.1 or 3.0 if the consensus is this behavior in undesirable (which would also give control over when pre-compiled modul