On 7/12/07, Daniel Stutzbach <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 7/11/07, Andy C <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > The good thing about this is that it's extremely simple -- basically > > 20 lines of C code to add a -z flag that calls a 3-line Python > > function in the runpy module. > > Instead of requiring a -z flag, why not have the interpreter peak at > the file to see if it starts with one of the ZIP magic numbers? > > That way it Just Works.
I guess you wouldn't recognize a zip file if it hits you in the face. Literally. :-) Zip files don't start with a magic number. -- --Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/) _______________________________________________ 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
