On Fri, Nov 21, 2014 at 6:07 PM, Rick Johnson <rantingrickjohn...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Friday, November 21, 2014 5:59:44 PM UTC-6, Chris Angelico wrote: >> In other words, what you want is: >> >> # today's method, import based on search path >> import sys >> # new explicit path method >> import '/usr/local/lib/python3.5/lib-dynload/math.cpython-35m.so' >> >> [...] >> >> There are a VERY VERY few cases where you really do want >> to import a module from a specific file path. For those >> situations, there are already techniques you can use. Why >> change the behaviour of import itself? > > Chris, either take the time to read and understand my posts > *FULLY*, or don't bother to reply. I have in no way > suggested that we import via "filepaths". Stop lying.
I see very little substantive difference between what Chris posted and your suggestion of: __search_path__ = ['/usr/local/lib/python3.5/lib-dynload'] import math His comment about non-portability stands. -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
