[Import-SIG] PEP 420 issue: extend_path

[Eric V. Smith]

On 5/7/2012 8:27 PM, Antoine Pitrou wrote:
> 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?

Because it will be documented.