[Python-Dev] Extensible library packages
Peter Funk
pf@artcom-gmbh.de
Wed, 12 Apr 2000 07:43:59 +0200 (MEST)
Hi!
Andrew M. Kuchling:
[...]
> The problem is that, if the Python standard library includes a package
> named 'xml', ...
[...]
> Can anyone suggest a good solution? Fixing this may not require
> changing the core in any way, but the cleanest solution isn't obvious.
I dislike the idea of having user visible packages in the standard
library too.
As Fredrik already suggested, putting a file 'saxlib.py' into the lib,
which exposes all what a user needs to know about 'sax' seems to be the
best solution.
Regards, Peter