Re: [Python-Dev] zipimport to read from a file object instead of just a path?

2012-05-15 Thread Shy Shalom
> > It's already possible - just write another importer. For the builtin > zipimport, this is not an option, since it seeds itself from the sys.path > entry, which will be a file name. See PEP 302. > > Regards, > Martin > > Maybe it can be seeded by both a string path *or* a file object, the

[Python-Dev] zipimport to read from a file object instead of just a path?

2012-05-15 Thread Shy Shalom
In zipimport.c, function get_data(), the zip file is opened using fopen() and read with CLib functions. Did anyone ever consider making it possible to read the zipped data from a generic file object and not just using a string path? Using StringIO, This would allow a higher degree of python embeddi