PEP 302 + zipimport: - new import hooks in import.c, exposed in the sys module - new module called 'zipimport' - various changes to allow bootstrapping from zip files I hope I didn't break the Windows build (or anything else for that matter), but then again, it's been sitting on sf long enough... Regarding the latest discussions on python-dev: zipimport sets pkg.__path__ as specified in PEP 273, and likewise, sys.path item such as /path/to/Archive.zip/subdir/ are supported again.

--- a/Include/pythonrun.h	Mon Dec 30 22:04:23 2002 +0000
+++ b/Include/pythonrun.h	Mon Dec 30 22:08:05 2002 +0000
@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@
 PyAPI_FUNC(PyObject *) _PySys_Init(void);
 PyAPI_FUNC(void) _PyImport_Init(void);
 PyAPI_FUNC(void) _PyExc_Init(void);
+PyAPI_FUNC(void) _PyImportHooks_Init(void);
 
 /* Various internal finalizers */
 PyAPI_FUNC(void) _PyExc_Fini(void);