On Mon, May 5, 2014 at 2:52 PM, Anthony Tuininga <anthony.tuini...@gmail.com > wrote:
> On Mon, May 5, 2014 at 3:50 PM, Paul Moore <p.f.mo...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> On 5 May 2014 22:32, Anthony Tuininga <anthony.tuini...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > So my question is: can I safely make use of this "feature"? It has >> remained >> > in place since at least Python 2.6 but I don't want to assume anything. >> > Please advise! Thanks. >> >> I believe this is a 100% supported feature of Python (since 2.6, as >> you mention). Some of the zip import/run features have unfortunately >> been underdocumented, and I suspect that this is simply one of those. >> >> Paul >> > > That's great news. Thanks! > > Anthony > There is at least one caveat to using a .zip file for the standard library: http://bugs.python.org/issue19081 Never change the .zip file in use by a running process. -gps
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