Dennis Lee Bieber wrote: > On Thu, 30 Nov 2006 18:14:11 -0500, "Colin J. Williams" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> declaimed the following in comp.lang.python: > >> As part of the Python initialization, C:\Windows\System32\Python25.zip >> is set up in the path. >> >> I haven't seen any documentation on the use or purpose of the zip file. >> > Well, did you examine the contents of it? There is no such file in C:\Windows\System32 - Python 2.5 on a Windows XP > > I believe for some versions now, "import" can pull from a ZIP > archive -- perhaps they've put the many standard library imports into a > single file... Yes, since 2.3 - thanks to Fredrick for the pointer to PEP 273. That gives the helpful warning that the above should follow the home directory in the path list.
PEP 302 says "[PYTHONPATH] is directly needed for Zip imports." The role of Python25.zip is not clear. Is it required in the path just to enable the import X.zip capability? Colin W. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
