Neal Norwitz wrote: > What is the behaviour that was added which broke compliance? What is > the benefit of the behaviour?
sys.path_importer_cache is now used to cache if a real directory exists on the filesystem. Previously, a value of None for a given sys.path entry told find_module that no import hook exist, so it should look for a filesystem directory. Now, the entry is set to True if that directory really exists and to False if it doesn't exist, thus saving quite a few open() calls to files in these not existing dirs. >>From your description of fixing the problem, it seems there's some > risk invovled as it's modiyfing import.c, plus adding new features. > What is your recommendation? I would prefer fixing the docs. Importing from filesystem directories is common enough to be special cased. Georg _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
