The new imp.[gs]et_frozenmodules() will be utterly redundant if the

zipfile import stuff get in. I'll probably back it out again.

diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index ee27ed9fd4b8f4f4b8577e449faa76663fb5e835..05d9b12ea97642486ab8744ccec58a579c4854a9 100644 (file)
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -15,7 +15,8 @@ Type/class unification and new-style classes
 - Exposed the PyImport_FrozenModules variable in import.c through
   imp.get_frozenmodules() and imp.set_frozenmodules().  This is
   useful for freezing tools written in Python that use Python for
-  bootstrapping the frozen application.
+  bootstrapping the frozen application.  (XXX: this feature will be
+  backed out if the zipfile import mechanism gets in before 2.3.a1.)
 
 - One can now assign to __bases__ and __name__ of new-style classes.