On Jul 29, 11:56 pm, koblas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > better if there was a way that if I have an "interface compatible" > native (aka C) module that has better performance that there could be > a way that python would give it preference. > > e.g. > > import random(version=1.2, lang=c) > or > import random(version=1.2, lang=py) # use the python version by > default > or > import random # use the latest version in the "fastest" code (C > given preference) > > where there could be a nice set of "standard" key value pairs that > could provide addtional hints as to what language and version of a > library was to be used.
I will only make a comment on automatic cModule importing. Some of what you are suggesting already happens (e.g. Elementree). In Python 3.0 more of the "legacy" modules (e.g. StringIO) should also work that way. I don't know what the current status for Pickle is because cPickle had some additional internal functionality not available in regular Pickle that Zope was dependent on. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
