Re: [Python-ideas] Module/Package-Class Unification

Carl Johnson wrote:

Is there a good reason why I can't do something like:

import mypackage import mymodule

x = mypackage(arg, kwarg) y = mymodule + 3

and other methods, etc. using the __special__ methods.

Also, wouldn't it be cool if modules/packages could have metaclass-like handlers…

I'm sure there's a good reason why this is just crazy talk implementation-wise, but I'd like to hear what it is. Python has merged types and classes, why not merging in packages and modules, too?

Would these __special__ methods be seperate files like __init__.py is for packages? Ron