[Python-Dev] PEP 328: path (original) (raw)

Guido van Rossum guido at python.org
Sun Apr 4 12:43:26 EDT 2004

I just realized that the new relative import semantics are likely to interact oddly with uses of _path_. I therefore suggest that the following text be added to PEP 328, although I'm perfectly happy to adopt some other course:

Between the addition of as in Python 2.0 and the new syntax & semantics for import, there is no longer a need for _path_, and it is now officially deprecated. In Python 2.4 and 2.5, changing _path_ raises PendingDeprecationWarning. In Python 2.6, _path_ becomes a read-only attribute. In the presence of absoluteimport or with a relative import, _path_ is ignored.

Uh? Maybe you should have some coffee and then try again.

path has nothing to do with relative import. When I say "import foo.bar" then bar is searched for in foo.path. path defines which directories comprise the package contents, nothing more or less.

--Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/)

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