[Python-Dev] pkgutil, pkg_resource and Python 3.0 name space packages (original) (raw)

Jeffrey Yasskin jyasskin at gmail.com
Mon Jan 7 00:35:06 CET 2008

On Jan 6, 2008 3:28 PM, Oleg Broytmann <phd at phd.pp.ru> wrote:

Now I think - if we don't want a separate Python's top-level namespace may be we should think about a separate top-level non-Python's (3rd parties') namespace? With it we could have database.sqlite (Python's sqlite) and user.database.sqlite (a newer version); and by doing import database.sqlite you know exactly what version you are importing.

Bleh.

I'm +1 on allowing third-party additions to the same 'database' namespace that the stdlib puts packages in. People will just have to get used to the package, and not the namespace, determining who to complain to.

In theory, it might make sense to allow libraries to "close" some namespaces to deal with Brett's worry, but I think the consenting adults rule says not to bother.

-- Namasté, Jeffrey Yasskin

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