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/Python/importdl.h	Mon Dec 30 22:04:23 2002 +0000
+++ b/Python/importdl.h	Mon Dec 30 22:08:05 2002 +0000
@@ -16,7 +16,8 @@
 	PKG_DIRECTORY,
 	C_BUILTIN,
 	PY_FROZEN,
-	PY_CODERESOURCE /* Mac only */
+	PY_CODERESOURCE, /* Mac only */
+	IMP_HOOK
 };
 
 struct filedescr {