[issue2953] _zip_directory_cache untested and undocumented

[Brett Cannon]

Brett Cannon <br...@python.org> added the comment:

2009/4/5 <"Tarek Ziadé <rep...@bugs.python.org>"@psf.upfronthosting.co.za>

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> Tarek Ziadé <ziade.ta...@gmail.com> added the comment:
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> > Does distutils use _zip_directory_cache in any way?
>
> Not at all. But pkgutil does,

Ah, OK.

> and uses to get a dirlist,

Couldn't one just open the zip file with zipfile to get the directory list?
Is there any real requirement that the cache must be used?

>
> so I guess a new API should be created in zipimport to handle this case
> as well. (I think it's some setuptools code originallyt, that landed in
> pkgutil)

Probably.

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<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">2009/4/5  <span dir="ltr">&lt;&quot;Tarek 
Ziadé &lt;<a 
href="mailto:rep...@bugs.python.org";>rep...@bugs.python.org</a>&gt;&quot;@<a 
href="http://psf.upfronthosting.co.za";>psf.upfronthosting.co.za</a>&gt;</span><br>

<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 
204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"><br>
Tarek Ziadé &lt;<a 
href="mailto:ziade.ta...@gmail.com";>ziade.ta...@gmail.com</a>&gt; added the 
comment:<br>
<div class="im"><br>
&gt; Does distutils use _zip_directory_cache in any way?<br>
<br>
</div>Not at all. But pkgutil does,</blockquote><div><br>Ah, 
OK.<br> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid 
rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> and uses to 
get a dirlist,</blockquote>

<div><br>Couldn&#39;t one just open the zip file with zipfile to get the 
directory list? Is there any real requirement that the cache must be 
used?<br> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid 
rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">

<br>
so I guess a new API should be created in zipimport to handle this case<br>
as well. (I think it&#39;s some setuptools code originallyt, that landed in<br>
pkgutil)</blockquote><div><br>Probably. <br></div></div><br>

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