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

[Ian Bicking]

Joe Smith wrote:
> It seems to me that the right way to fix this is to simply make a small 
> change to the error message.
> On a failed import, have the code check if there is a directory that would 
> have been  the requested package if
> it had contained an __init__ module. If there is then append a message like 
> "You might be missing an __init__.py file".

+1.  It's not that putting an __init__.py file in is hard, it's that 
people have a hard time realizing when they've forgotten to do it.

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