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/pythonrun.c	Mon Dec 30 22:04:23 2002 +0000
+++ b/Python/pythonrun.c	Mon Dec 30 22:08:05 2002 +0000
@@ -161,6 +161,8 @@
 	/* phase 2 of builtins */
 	_PyImport_FixupExtension("__builtin__", "__builtin__");
 
+	_PyImportHooks_Init();
+
 	initsigs(); /* Signal handling stuff, including initintr() */
 
 	initmain(); /* Module __main__ */