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

[Thomas Wouters]

On 4/27/06, Gustavo Carneiro <gjcarneiro at gmail.com> wrote:

> Besides, Guido's original proposal is not a fix for your problem, either;
> > he only proposes to change the requirement for *sub*packages.
> >
>
>   It *is* a solution for my problem.  I don't need the __init__.py file
> for anything, since I don't need anything defined in the the 'foo'
> namespace, only the subpackages foo.bar and foo.zbr .
>

... No. Guido's original proposal is not a fix for your problem, because *it
doesn't affect the 'foo' namespace*. Guido's original proposal still
requires foo/__init__.py for your namespace to work, it just makes
foo/bar/__init__.py and foo/zbr/__init__.py optional.

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