[Python-Dev] [Python-checkins] peps: Note that ImportError will no longer be raised due to a missing __init__.py

[Brett Cannon]

It's actually an ImportWarning, not Error (or at least that's what I meant
on import-sig). If the module is eventually found then there is no error.

On Thu, Apr 19, 2012 at 18:56, eric.smith <python-checkins at python.org>wrote:

> http://hg.python.org/peps/rev/af61fe9a56fb
> changeset:   4281:af61fe9a56fb
> user:        Eric V. Smith <eric at trueblade.com>
> date:        Thu Apr 19 18:56:22 2012 -0400
> summary:
>  Note that ImportError will no longer be raised due to a missing
> __init__.py file.
>
> files:
>  pep-0420.txt |  5 +++++
>  1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
>
>
> diff --git a/pep-0420.txt b/pep-0420.txt
> --- a/pep-0420.txt
> +++ b/pep-0420.txt
> @@ -148,6 +148,11 @@
>  path. With namespace packages, all entries in the path must be
>  scanned.
>
> +Note that an ImportError will no longer be raised for a directory
> +lacking an ``__init__.py`` file. Such a directory will now be imported
> +as a namespace package, whereas in prior Python versions an
> +ImportError would be raised.
> +
>  At PyCon 2012, we had a discussion about namespace packages at which
>  PEP 382 and PEP 402 were rejected, to be replaced by this PEP [1]_.
>
>
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