[Distutils] modules in different folders but under same namespace

[Robert Kern]

On 2010-02-04 11:06 AM, Robert Kern wrote:
> On 2010-02-04 10:53 AM, Riccardo-Maria BIANCHI wrote:
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I have a package structured like this:
>>
>>
>> package/__init__.py
>> src/ __init__.py
>> mod1.py
>> share/__init__.py
>> mod2.py
>>
>>
>> Now I can import them as:
>> package.src.mod1
>> package.share.mod2
>>
>> How can I use Distutils to be able to import both of them under the same
>> "package" namespace as:
>>
>> import package.mod1
>> import package.mod2
>>
>> ?
>>
>> Thanks a lot in advance for your kind help!
>
> Remove the package/src/__init__.py and package/share/__init__.py . In
> your package/__init__.py, append the src/ and share/ directories to the
> __path__ list.

See this essay for more documentation on this feature:

   http://www.python.org/doc/essays/packages.html

-- 
Robert Kern

"I have come to believe that the whole world is an enigma, a harmless enigma
  that is made terrible by our own mad attempt to interpret it as though it had
  an underlying truth."
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