> - Allows one to have zip packages inside other packages.
you can achieve this with __path__
>> - Avoids including zip files in the path.
I want to support that.
>> - Allows me to ship a package inside a zip file, without asking
> the user to change his path.
>> - Allows me to compress a single file (foobar.py.bz2).
>
Java has support for zipfiles from day one, from my user experience they are
both YAGNI.
sys.path content from my point of view is really a deployment time issue.
The 2nd point is not directly addressed by your proposal, and supporting it
would make for more complicated importer impls.
regards.
