[Python-3000] stdlib reorganization

[Aahz]

On Mon, May 22, 2006, Antoine Pitrou wrote:
>
> For example, one common annoyance IMO is naming: why "urllib" or
> "httplib"? If I import something, it's obvious it's a lib, so "import
> http" would seem sufficient. There are also inconsistencies in casing
> ("StringIO, "cPickle", etc.), unnecessary distinctions ("thread" vs.
> "threading")...

So that you can use "http" as a name, of course.  Some of the others you
list are historical accidents that probably will get fixed for Py3K.
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