Just van Rossum <just@letterror.com> writes:
> Michael Hudson wrote:
>
> > I've not really been following this discussion with utmost care, but
> > the name "meta_path" doesn't move me. Wouldn't sys.importers be
> > better name? Or maybe I'm misunderstanding it's intent -- which is
> > still an argument for a better name.
>
> I don't like the name much either, but it _does_ fit quite well as the
> idea is that sys.path importing gets invoked through an item on
> meta_path. Perhaps this sketch helps a little:
>
>
> sys.meta_path = [
> BuiltinImporter(), # handles builtin modules
> FrozenImporter(), # handles frozen modules
> PathImporter(), # handles sys.path
> ]
[...]
Right, that's what I thought was roughly the plan -- but I still don't
like the name. In this world, sys.path is sort-of subsidiary to
sys.meta_path -- which jars, to me at least. It makes sense with a
bit of historical knowledge, but not without, IMHO.
Of course, these mild gripes shouldn't delay the real work -- but
names are important.
Cheers,
M.
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