[Python-Dev] Relatwd: py3 import strategy (was: Setting project home path the best way(

[Eric Snow]

On Sun, Nov 11, 2012 at 1:53 PM, Christian Tismer <tismer at stackless.com>wrote:

> Once again on this:
>
> With the introduction of module folders
> without __init__, it has become even harder to deduce a sensible project
> root
> Dir without relying on a global settings file. Abd as you probably agree,
> such files are a bad idea. Any global is bad, also in the file system.
>
> Guido, this is another reason why I dislike the absence of __init__. :
>
> Rhere is no longer an indicator that pretty clearly defines the root of my
> module heirarchy.
>

 This came up during the discussions leading up to PEP 420, particularly
regarding the impact on PEP 395.  My thoughts at the time on addressing the
problem:

http://mail.python.org/pipermail/import-sig/2012-March/000438.html

-eric
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