> he's forgetting (or possibly doesn’t know) that the easy_install.pth file messes The .pth files don't do anything until their own paths are added to sys.path

> he's forgetting (or possibly doesn’t know) that the easy_install.pth file messes The .pth files don't do anything until their own paths are added to sys.path. It's safe to consider directories with .pth files as if they contain python modules.