migrating to packages

[Bruno Desthuilliers]

Hrvoje Niksic a écrit :
> gherzig at fmed.uba.ar writes:
> 
>> I will expose my case quicly.
>> The MYCLASES.py file contains the A class, so i can use
>> from MYCLASES import A
>> a = ()
>>
>> Using the "package mode" (wich looks fine BTW), having the simple
>> MYCLASES/
>>      __init__.py
>>      A.py
>>
>> forces my (i guess) to use the
>> from MYCLASES.A import A
> 
> Exactly.  Using mypackage.mymodule instead of just mymodule is the
> entire *point* of a package.

Nope. The "entire point" of packages is to let you organize your code 
and namespace. And it's quite common to use the __init__.py of the 
package (as explained by Ben) as a facade to the internal organization 
of the package, so you can change this internal organization without 
breaking client code.

>  That way, if someone creates another
> module with using the same name (mymodule), it won't conflict with
> yours.  If you don't want to change mymodule to mypackage.mymodule,
> why use a package in the first place?

Because you have too much code to keep it in a single file.