[Python-Dev] warnings about missing __init__.py in toplevel directories

[Guido van Rossum]

On 5/26/06, Ronald Oussoren <ronaldoussoren at mac.com> wrote:
> Some time ago a warning was introduced for directories on sys.path
> that don't contain an __init__.py but have the same name as a package/
> module that is being imported.
>
> Is it intentional that this triggers for toplevel imports?

Yes, since that's the major use case.

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