Docs for __init__.py?

Paul Prescod paul at prescod.net
Sat Jul 15 06:26:52 EDT 2000


Matthew Cline wrote:
> 
...
> 
> Specifically, does the package name have to corespond to the
> name of the directory that __init__.py is in?  Or is there
> some way for __init__.py to say "No, *this* is the name for the
> package?"

No, Python doesn't read the __init__.py until after it has found the
package using the traditional lookup mechanisms.

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