On 25 May 2000, Guido van Rossum said:
A possible clarification of your glossary entry:
\item[root package] the root of the hierarchy of packages. (This isn't really a package, since it doesn't have an \file{\_\_init\_\_.py} file. But we have to call it something.) The vast majority of the standard library is in the root package, as are many small, standalone third-party modules that don't belong to a larger module collection.
I like it. One more sentence and then I'll stop: Unlike regular packages, modules in the root package can be found in many directories: in fact, every directory listed in \code{sys.path} can contribute modules to the root package. (It's OK to refer to sys.path, since this is the manual for developers. The manual for installers is much harder...) Greg -- Greg Ward - Unix bigot gward@python.net http://starship.python.net/~gward/ Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they *aren't* out to get you.