M.-A. Lemburg wrote:
> """
> If the package really requires adding one or more directories on sys.path (e.g.
> because it has not yet been structured to support dotted-name import), a "path
> configuration file" named package.pth can be placed in either the site-python or
> site-packages directory.
> ...
> A typical installation should have no or very few .pth files or something is
> wrong, and if you need to play with the search order, something is very wrong.
> """
I'll say! I think .pth files are absolute evil and I wish they could
just be banned.
+1 on anything that makes them closer to going away or reduces the
possibility of yet another similar feature from hurting the
comprehensibility of a python setup.
Chris
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