I wonder if it would make sense to start installing the Python standard library as a .zip file by default. Some benefits would be a tidier and more compact install and slightly faster startup times. One downside is that it becomes more difficult to look at the source of modules. That's an important feature of Python, especially for people learning the language.
I think that downside could be mitigated by adding an option to pydoc that shows the source of a module. For example, "pydoc -s bisect" could show the source for the bisect module. Neil _______________________________________________ Python-3000 mailing list Python-3000@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-3000 Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-3000/archive%40mail-archive.com
