[Python-Dev] Re: PEP 328 -- relative and multi-line import

[Aahz]

On Tue, Apr 06, 2004, Greg Ewing wrote:
>
> Would it be unreasonable to define "." as meaning the current
> *package*, rather than the current *module* -- i.e. the package itself
> if the importer is a package, and the containing package if it's a
> plain module?

Not unreasonable, but I think it complicates the explanation.  I'm
basically -0 on having "." in __init__.py refer to the current package
instead of the parent; we'll see what Guido says.
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