[Python-Dev] davlib.py
Skip Montanaro
skip@mojam.com (Skip Montanaro)
Thu, 17 Feb 2000 13:23:16 -0600 (CST)
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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