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diff --git a/Doc/library/zipimport.rst b/Doc/library/zipimport.rst index 2cf508b..8a5d5d1 100644 --- a/Doc/library/zipimport.rst +++ b/Doc/library/zipimport.rst @@ -20,10 +20,10 @@ subdirectory. For example, the path :file:`example.zip/lib/` would only import from the :file:`lib/` subdirectory within the archive. Any files may be present in the ZIP archive, but only files :file:`.py` and -:file:`.py[co]` are available for import. ZIP import of dynamic modules +:file:`.pyc` are available for import. ZIP import of dynamic modules (:file:`.pyd`, :file:`.so`) is disallowed. Note that if an archive only contains :file:`.py` files, Python will not attempt to modify the archive by adding the -corresponding :file:`.pyc` or :file:`.pyo` file, meaning that if a ZIP archive +corresponding :file:`.pyc` file, meaning that if a ZIP archive doesn't contain :file:`.pyc` files, importing may be rather slow. ZIP archives with an archive comment are currently not supported. @@ -161,4 +161,3 @@ Here is an example that imports a module from a ZIP archive - note that the >>> import jwzthreading >>> jwzthreading.__file__ 'example.zip/jwzthreading.py' - |