2012/2/6 Stéfan van der Walt <stefan@sun.ac.za>

On Mon, Feb 6, 2012 at 11:12 AM, Tony Yu <tsyu80@gmail.com> wrote:
> As for the second issue: We don't automatically import any subpackages
> (other than `util`). This was a design decision since automatic imports of
> all subpackages would increase load times (there may be other reasons too).
> On the other hand, if you just want to see which submodules are available
> for import, you can write `import skimage.<tab>` (note the dot before <tab>)
> or `from skimage import<tab>` in ipython.

Besides, Tony is busy updating all the module level docstrings, so
that "skimage?" should soon deliver useful results :)

Cheers
Stéfan

Wait a minute... Let me quote what I wrote in the original email: "One thing I'd like to see is a package docstring listing all subpackages..."

Note: I didn't say that I would implement it ;)

-Tony