load pyd files from a zip from embedded python

Question

I can load Python modules (.py, .pyc, .pyd) from a zip file by calling \"import some_module\" from a Python interpreter only after sys.path has been extended to include the

Answer 1

PYD files are native DLL files with renamed extension. Loading them relies on operating system facilities and operating system restrictions.

Windows XP, or any OS as far as I know, cannot load DLL files from ZIP files, thus you cannot load PYD files from ZIP files.