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[Python-Dev] New and Improved Import Hooks

[Python-Dev] New and Improved Import Hooks [Python-Dev] New and Improved Import HooksGordon McMillan gmcm@hypernet.com
Thu, 5 Dec 2002 08:46:36 -0500
On 4 Dec 2002 at 23:32, Just van Rossum wrote:

> (I'd still like to see more examples of code
> breaking if a sys.path item isn't a string. Not that
> I don't believe it, but I'd like to get an
> impression of the severeness of the damage.) 

Greg's imputil put objects on sys.path. I know
of two imputil users (at the time - me & /F) who
got bit by it, and *still* wrote code assuming
sys.path consisted of strings.

It's Python folklore. You won't get users to 
change their minds.

-- Gordon
http://www.mcmillan-inc.com/




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