[Python-checkins] r57516 - sandbox/trunk/import_in_py/Py3K_TODO

Sun Aug 26 23:21:18 CEST 2007

Author: brett.cannon
Date: Sun Aug 26 23:21:18 2007
New Revision: 57516
Modified:
 sandbox/trunk/import_in_py/Py3K_TODO
Log:
Turns out some people, <cough>PJE</cough>, rely on leading underscore module
attributes from the C implemenation fo zipimport. That means it would probably
be in my best interests for backwards-compatibility to do a whitebox
re-implementation of zipimport instead of doing a blackbox one.
Modified: sandbox/trunk/import_in_py/Py3K_TODO
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--- sandbox/trunk/import_in_py/Py3K_TODO	(original)
+++ sandbox/trunk/import_in_py/Py3K_TODO	Sun Aug 26 23:21:18 2007
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@
 "One True Import". The items in the list must be done in order!
 
 - 2.6-specific
- * Rewrite zipimport.
+ * Rewrite (as a whitebox re-engineering job) zipimport.
+ + Existing code (pkgutil, setuptools) access _zip_directory_cache.
 * Put into 2.6 stdlib.
 - Py3K-specific
 * Port to Py3K.
