Re:How the Python import system works
by neoncontrails on Saturday July 24, 2021 @10:50PM
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That stackoverflow library is so gloriously bonkers. Is it useful in practice?
No. Perhaps for a hackathon.
"from stackoverflow import quick_sort will go through the search results of [python] quick sort looking for the largest code block that doesn’t syntax error in the highest voted answer from the highest voted question and return it as a module. If that answer doesn’t have any valid python code, it checks the next highest voted answer for code blocks."
I once implemented a custom importer as part of a system where the Python interpreter never touched the filesystem.