Re: [Python-Dev] Relative Package Imports

Jim Fulton wrote:

I wouldn't be in favor of making it more complicated if there wasn't a good reason. I think that, in working on the Zope framework, I've found some pretty good reasons for relative imports.

And in a later message:

I don't think the Package structure of Zope is flawed *except* for the fact that it is one level too *shallow*. The ability to do relative imports would be very helpful for the work we're doing.

But I haven't seen explained what it is that Zope is doing where relative packages would be helpful. --Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/)