Package name with '.' in them: Python Bug ?

Josiah Carlson jcarlson at nospam.uci.edu
Fri Mar 19 20:12:10 EST 2004


> Since it seems to be definitly illegal, it would only worth further work 
> if I would somehow 'fix' python to work with this kind of names, which 
> is both above my skills and likely unwanted. Having a clear error 
> message at import time would be nice anyway.

I've only ever heard of you wanting such behavior.  I honestly doubt 
that anyone is going to try to fix something that is not considered broken.

You should consider renaming your files.  Are names like "name_1.py" 
good enough for your use?

  - Josiah



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