[Python-Dev] PEP 328: __path__

[Aahz]

I just realized that the new relative import semantics are likely to
interact oddly with uses of ``__path__``.  I therefore suggest that the
following text be added to PEP 328, although I'm perfectly happy to
adopt some other course:

Between the addition of ``as`` in Python 2.0 and the new syntax &
semantics for ``import``, there is no longer a need for ``__path__``, and
it is now officially deprecated.  In Python 2.4 and 2.5, changing
``__path__`` raises ``PendingDeprecationWarning``.  In Python 2.6,
``__path__`` becomes a read-only attribute.  In the presence of
``absolute_import`` or with a relative import, ``__path__`` is ignored.
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