[Python-Dev] Dropping __init__.py requirement for subpackages

[Guido van Rossum]

On 4/26/06, Terry Jones <tcj25 at cam.ac.uk> wrote:
> I would suggest adding a hook to their version control system to
> automatically create (and preferably also check out) an __init__.py file
> whenever a new (source code) directory was placed under version control
> (supposing you can distinguish source code directories from the check in
> dirname).

This wouldn't work of course -- the newbie would try to test it before
checking it in, so the hook would not be run.

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