On 19/03/2008, Guido van Rossum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, Mar 17, 2008 at 2:19 PM, zooko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 4. The standard Python library includes a tool to find and read > > resources (other than Python modules) that came bundled in a Python > > package. > > I think we're pretty close to this already. PEP 302 defines a > getdata() method. Hopefully most PEP 302 implementations support it. > The only thing missing IMO is a little function that does what > getdata() does when there is no __loader__ object (i.e. when the > default "import-from-filesystem" import method is used).
I'm currently working on an addition to pkgutil to provide this type of function. I'm considering going a little further (adding functions to get a file-like object, test for existence, and list available resources, modelled on the pkg_resources functions - but these extra ones are not supported by the loader protocol, so I'm undecided as to whether it's worth it, I'll see how complex the code gets). Once I have a patch, I'll post it to the tracker. What's the best approach? Code a patch for 3.0 and backport, or code for 2.6 and let the merging process do its stuff? Paul. _______________________________________________ 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
