> [Jack Jansen] > > I'm not sure whether this is really a bug, but I had the problem > > that there was something wrong with the xml package I had > > installed into my Lib/site-python, and this caused test_sax to > > complain. > > > > If the test stuff is expected to test only the core functionality > > maybe sys.path should be edited so that it only contains directories > > that are part of the core distribution? > [Tim] > AFAIK, xml *is* considered part of the core now, and has been since 2.0 was > released. The wisdom of that decision is debatable with hindsight, but > AFAICT xml is in the same boat as, say, zlib now: not builtin, and requires > 3rd-party code to work, but part of the core all the same. The Windows > installer comes w/ the necessary xml (and zlib) pieces, and I suppose the > Mac Python package also should. Yes, but Jack was talking about a non-std xml package in site-python... I agree that this shouldn't be picked up. But is it worth taking draconian measures to avoid this? --Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/)
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