[Python-checkins] python/nondist/peps pep-0273.txt,1.9,1.10

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 Abstract
+
 This PEP adds the ability to import Python modules
 *.py, *.py[co] and packages from zip archives. The
 same code is used to speed up normal directory imports
 provided os.listdir is available.
 
+Note
+
+ Zip imports were added to Python 2.3, but the final implementation
+ uses an approach different from the one described in this PEP.
+ The 2.3 implementation is SourceForge patch #652586, which adds
+ new import hooks described in PEP 302. 
+
+ The rest of this PEP is therefore only of historical interest.
 
+ 
 Specification
 
 Currently, sys.path is a list of directory names as strings. If
