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

[Terry Reedy]

"Phillip J. Eby" <pje at telecommunity.com> wrote in message 
news:5.1.1.6.0.20060426164925.01e33228 at mail.telecommunity.com...
>>It might also be good to check that the directory actually contained 
>>python
>>modules.
>
> This is a great idea, but might be hard to implement in practice with the
> current C implementation of import, at least for the general case.

Perhaps checking and autogeneration of __init__.py should better be part of 
a Python-aware editor/IDE.  A File menu could have a New Package entry to 
create a directory + empty __init__.py.

Terry Jan Reedy