2010-11-28T16:05:14.591988Z tag:urlimport.codeshift.net,2011:atom.xml tag:urlimport.codeshift.net,2011:atom.xml/agpjb2RlLXNoaWZ0cg8LEgdHZWViYWJ5GJHLAQw 2010-11-28T16:05:14.591988Z <a href="http://pypi.python.org/pypi/urlimport/">Urlimport.py</a> was started back in 2006 as an experiment to see how easy it is to make <i>sys.path</i> accept URL items. <div><br /></div> <div>Turns out it is <a href="http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0302/">quite easy</a>, and the result received <a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/8nl4/a_python_script_for_importing_modules_over_the_net/">mixed feedback</a> from the Reddit community, due to the fact that importing stuff from the internet is <a href="http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.include.php">NOT REALLY THAT SECURE</a>.</div> <div><br /></div> <div>Now, the project lives on as part of the <a href="http://knockout.codeshift.net/">Knockout library</a>.</div> 2010-11-13T12:48:29.607332Z