[Python-Dev] davlib.py

[Skip Montanaro]

    Moshe> Can we please, pretty please with cream on top, start using
    Moshe> packages in the standard distribution? We can do it backwards
    Moshe> compatibly, with something like

    Moshe> internet/
    Moshe>     protocol/
    Moshe>         httplib.py

    Moshe> and httplib.py which does

    Moshe> from internet.protocol.httplib import *?

    Moshe> Put new stuff only in packages, and that way we could have a large
    Moshe> distribution, without a lot of top-level name clutter.

    Moshe> Anyone for? Against? Going to add me to their kill-files<wink>?

For.  Besides the reasons Moshe indicated, it also serves as an educational
tool.  New Python programmers will get more comfortable with writing
packages faster if they are already comfortable using them.

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