On 3 Jan 2016, at 5:33 pm, Brett Cannon <br...@python.org> wrote: > > > > On Sun, 3 Jan 2016 at 02:55 Phil Thompson <p...@riverbankcomputing.com> wrote: > On 3 Jan 2016, at 3:41 am, Guido van Rossum <gu...@python.org> wrote: > > > > On Sat, Jan 2, 2016 at 3:26 PM, <mike.romb...@comcast.net> wrote: > > > > -- > > >>>>> "Brett" == Brett Cannon <br...@python.org> writes: > > > > > I opened > > > https://bugs.python.org/issue25711 to specifically try to > > > fix this issue once and for all and along the way modernize > > > zipimport by rewriting it from scratch to be more > > > maintainable > > > > Every time I read about impementing a custom loader: > > > > https://docs.python.org/3/library/importlib.html > > > > I've wondered why python does not have some sort of virtual > > filesystem layer to deal with locating modules/packages/support > > files. Virtual file systems seem like a good way to store data on a > > wide range of storage devices. > > > > Yeah, but most devices already implement a *real* filesystem, so the only > > time the VFS would come in handy would be for zipfiles, where we already > > have a solution. > > Just to point out that it would be nice to have an easier way to use > something other that zipfiles. I have a need to exploit a different solution > and have to patch the bootstrap code (because the zipfile support is handled > as a special case). BTW the need is to create iOS and Android executables > from frozen Python code. > > Not quite sure about how zip files are a special-case beyond just being put > in sys.meta_path automatically. You can get the same results with a .pth file > or a sitecustomize.py depending on how pervasive your need is. Otherwise feel > free to file an issue at bugs.python.org and we can talk over there about > what you specifically need and if it's reasonable to try and support.
I've created http://bugs.python.org/issue26007 and hope it's clear enough what the issue is. Thanks, Phil _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
