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On 6 May 2014 07:51, "Paul Moore" <<a href="mailto:p.f.moore@gmail.com">p.f.moore@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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> On 5 May 2014 22:32, Anthony Tuininga <<a href="mailto:anthony.tuininga@gmail.com">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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> 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.</p>
<p dir="ltr">sys.path initialisation in general is woefully underspecified and thoroughly confusing :(</p>
<p dir="ltr">Fixing that is actually one of the motivating forces behind the proposed startup improvements in PEP 432.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Cheers,<br>
Nick.<br><br></p>
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