So you'd rather take broken code over code which works correctly and
has no side effects? Seriously?

On Nov 13, 12:55 pm, Giovanni Bajo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On 8/21/2007 2:46 AM, Greg Copeland wrote:
>
> > Since the current hook-xml.py file is broken, I quickly threw together
> > a proper implementation.  This version attempts to do away with the
> > process spawning nonsense which in turn spawned a platform specific
> > bug, which in turn is still broken for Linux (throws exceptions for
> > me).  This version is faster and platform agnostic while being easier
> > to read and therefore maintain.  Please add to SVN.  It works for me
> > but I only tested it on Linux.  I see no reason it will fail on MSWin
> > based platforms.
>
>  >     [...]
>
> >     # caring for platform details as python already addresses it.  -gc
> >     import xml as xxxxxml
>
> Point is, hooks shouldn't import anything. That's a basic rule in
> PyInstaller; libraries can have nasty side effects on import. Of course,
> it might be noted that PyXML doesn't have any of those so its import is
> safe...
>
> The current version is nonsense, agreed, and it's broken, agreed too.
> But I'd rather have a fix which doesn't involve importing in the current
> Python interpreter.
> --
> Giovanni Bajo
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