[issue10877] Make Tools (and subdirs) a package (and subpackages)

[Terry J. Reedy]

New submission from Terry J. Reedy <tjreedy at udel.edu>:

Given that sys.path includes ".../python32" adding the requisite empty __init__.py to Tools/ and, for instance, demo/ would allow

>>> from Tools.demo.redemo import main; main()

to work (I tried it with Scripts instead of demo in b2). Now I have to open an editor window and hit F5 to run. (On Windows, the Command Prompt window is so wretched that it is much easier to work and explore within a Python shell.)

Can files like __init__.py be added to the repository just by adding them to a checked-out working copy?

Would there be a reason to exclude any subdirectories (that have .py files)?

Can this be done for 3.2? I see that things have already been moved around within Tools since b2.

If there is a policy against this, perhaps Tools/README could mention it. In any case, 

"This directory contains a number of Python programs that are useful"

should be edited to

"This directory contains a number of subdirectories with Python programs that are useful"

as *every* program has been put in a subdirectory, even if by itself.

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components: Demos and Tools
messages: 125875
nosy: terry.reedy
priority: normal
severity: normal
status: open
title: Make Tools (and subdirs) a package (and subpackages)
type: feature request
versions: Python 3.2

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