Paul Moore added the comment:
Egg files are a format defined by setuptools. If you look in the setuptools
documentation it notes that egg files are simply zipfiles with a particular
structure and naming convention. So from a core Python perspective, you can use
eggs just like any other
Thomas Guettler added the comment:
The docs should be where new users look.
I don't speak about several hundret words
Where do you think new users look for documentation if they want a method which
does find a module?
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Thomas Guettler added the comment:
In this case I am wearing newbee user glasses.
And with this glasses on my nose, I don't care for implementation.
I am confused that imp module does not work like import foo.
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Mark Lawrence added the comment:
https://pythonhosted.org/setuptools/
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Brett Cannon added the comment:
I understood what you asked. My point is that mentioning eggs in the imp
doesn't make sense since the imp module nor import supports them natively. Eggs
are a setuptools thing, not a Python standard library thing.
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Brett Cannon added the comment:
Egg files are not a part of the Python stdlib and so I don't understand why you
expected them to be supported by imp? Anyway, because egg files are not from
Python itself but a third-party project they shouldn't be referenced from the
official docs as it would
Thomas Guettler added the comment:
Dear Bret Cannon,
I don't ask for egg support in the imp module.
I don't want to change the implemenation of imp.find_module()
I just want to update the docs.
Most people run a python version which supports loading zipped eggs.
Please reopened this, since I
New submission from Thomas Güttler:
Please update the docs of imp.find_module()
https://docs.python.org/2/library/imp.html#imp.find_module
zipped egg files in sys.path are not found.
Please provide a link how to find modules in sys.path like the interpreter does
(with support of zipped egg
