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Date: Sat, 25 Aug 2012 04:03:21 +1000
Subject: Re: Looking for duplicate modules
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On Fri, Aug 24, 2012 at 1:30 AM, Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> wrote:
> I'm working on a tool which scans all the directories in sys.path and finds any modules which appear multiple times in the path.  It'll also call out any .pyc's it finds without matching py's.
>

This is why I love high level languages. The core of your problem is
solved by a single dictionary object.

ChrisA