At 10:03 PM 12/12/2005 +0100, Fredrik Lundh wrote:
>the xml/__init__.py file contains a cute little hack that overrides
>the *entire* xml subtree with stuff from PyXML, if available.
>
>the code basically does
>
> import _xmlplus
> sys.modules[__name__] = _xmlplus
>
>(exception handling and version checks not shown).
>
>however, this means that as things are right now, xml.etree will
>simply disappear if the user has PyXML on the machine.
>
>what's the best way to fix this? the obvious fix is of course to do
>something like
>
> import _xmlplus
> import xml.etree
> _xmlplus.etree = xml.etree
> sys.modules[__name__] = _xmlplus
>
>but I have to admit that I'm no expert on package internals, so I
>might be missing something here. will the above solution work in
>all cases? is there some better way to do it?
I'd suggest:
import _xmlplus
_xmlplus.__path__.extend(__path__)
sys.modules[__name__] = _xmlplus
This ensures that any modules or packages inside 'xml' that aren't
explicitly overridden by _xmlplus will still be available.
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