[Python-Dev] Conflicts [was Re: Keyword meanings [was: Accept just PEP-0426]]

[Chris Angelico]

On Sun, Dec 9, 2012 at 12:15 PM, Steven D'Aprano <steve at pearwood.info> wrote:
> Assuming that two software packages Spam and Ham install into directories
> Spam and Ham, how can merely having them installed side-by-side lead to a
> conflict?
>
> I can see how running or importing Spam and Ham together might lead to
> problems. And I can see that if package Spam wants to install into
> directory Ham, that would be bad. But who does that?

If two packages Spam and Ham both define a module Jam, then the one
that gets loaded will depend on the search path. That would be one
form of conflict.

ChrisA