[Python-ideas] Recognise __init__.so

[Greg Ewing]

We've just been having a discussion on the Cython list
about implementing the __init__ file of a package as
an extension module.

It turns out that just putting an __init__.so file
in a directory isn't enough to make Python recognise
it as a package.

However, if there is both an __init__.py and an
__init__.so, it's recognised as a package, and the
__init__.so gets loaded. So it's possible, but only
by exploiting some undocumented and probably accidental
behaviour.

So how about officially recognising an __init__.so
file as a package main file?

-- 
Greg