python can import from zips! (intermediate) anthony explains

today I show a useful technique for zipped code in python and how you can use this to run wheels and more!
- what is a zipapp: • python executable zipa...
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[@littleghoost]

What if I have images inside my zip? How do I do?

[@anthonywritescode]

you can use `importlib.resources` to access them

[@littleghoost]

@@anthonywritescode thank you! :)

[@JohnZakaria]

Why Bazel + python?

[@anthonywritescode]

the choice of bazel at stripe predates me (and wasn't really chosen for python) -- python is an afterthought for bazel so it's kinda not the best

[@JohnZakaria]

Maybe I formulated the comment vaguely. Is Bazel used to compile some python wheels (like cmake). Or is python used to set up some dynamic parameters at compile time? I was more asking about the larger context of the operation

[@anthonywritescode]

bazel is a build system -- it sets up every part of the environment