[Python-Dev] PEP 382: Namespace Packages (original) (raw)

P.J. Eby pje at telecommunity.com
Fri Apr 3 23:23:19 CEST 2009

At 10:15 PM 4/3/2009 +0200, Martin v. Löwis wrote:

I should make it clear that this is not the case. I envision it to work this way: import zope - searches sys.path, until finding either a directory zope, or a file zope.{py,pyc,pyd,...} - if it is a directory, it checks for .pkg files. If it finds any, it processes them, extending path. - it then checks for init.py, taking the first hit anywhere on path (just like any module import would) - if no .pkg was found, nor an init.py, it proceeds with the next sys.path item (skipping the directory entirely)

Ah, I missed that. Maybe the above should be added to the PEP to clarify.

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