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<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, May 5, 2014 at 2:52 PM, Anthony Tuininga <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:anthony.tuininga@gmail.com" target="_blank">anthony.tuininga@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<div class="">On Mon, May 5, 2014 at 3:50 PM, Paul Moore <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:p.f.moore@gmail.com" target="_blank">p.f.moore@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex"><div>On 5 May 2014 22:32, Anthony Tuininga <<a href="mailto:anthony.tuininga@gmail.com" target="_blank">anthony.tuininga@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> So my question is: can I safely make use of this "feature"? It has remained<br>
> in place since at least Python 2.6 but I don't want to assume anything.<br>
> Please advise! Thanks.<br>
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</div>I believe this is a 100% supported feature of Python (since 2.6, as<br>
you mention). Some of the zip import/run features have unfortunately<br>
been underdocumented, and I suspect that this is simply one of those.<br>
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Paul<br></font></span></blockquote><div><br></div></div><div>That's great news. Thanks!</div><span class=""><font color="#888888"><div><br></div><div>Anthony </div></font></span></div></div></div></blockquote></div><br>
</div><div class="gmail_extra">There is at least one caveat to using a .zip file for the standard library:Â <a href="http://bugs.python.org/issue19081">http://bugs.python.org/issue19081</a></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br>
</div><div class="gmail_extra">Never change the .zip file in use by a running process.</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">-gps<br></div></div>
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