[M.-A. Lemburg] > There has been some discussion on the import-sig about using > the __import__ hook for practically all imports, even early > in the startup phase. This allows import hooks to completely take > over the import mechanism even for the Python standard lib. > > Thomas Heller has provided a patch which I am currently checking. > Basically all C level imports using PyImport_ImportModule() > are then redirected to PyImport_Import() which uses the __import__ > hook if available. > > My testing has so far not produced any strange effects. If anyone > objects to this change, please speak up. Else, I'll check it in > later today. I don't understand the change, from the above. Neither exactly what it does nor why it's being done. So, impossible to say. Was the patch posted to SourceForge? Does it have a bad effect on startup time? Is there any *conceivable* way in which it could change semantics? Or, if not, what's the point?
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