[Import-SIG] PEP 420 issue: extend_path

[Antoine Pitrou]

On Tue, 8 May 2012 08:56:26 +1000
Nick Coghlan <ncoghlan at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Given that sys.path already holds strings, as do __path__ attributes, I
> don't see any value in adding a separate PathEntry type just for signalling
> purposes.

How should I know, if load_module() returns a string, that it's supposed
to denote a possible namespace package? sys.path and __path__ don't
have anything to do with that.

Regards

Antoine.