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

Chris Withers chris at simplistix.co.uk
Thu Apr 2 22:03:34 CEST 2009

Martin v. Löwis wrote:

I propose the following PEP for inclusion to Python 3.1. Please comment.

Would this support the following case:

I have a package called mortar, which defines useful stuff:

from mortar import content, ...

I now want to distribute large optional chunks separately, but ideally so that the following will will work:

from mortar.rbd import ... from mortar.zodb import ... from mortar.wsgi import ...

Does the PEP support this? The only way I can currently think to do this would result in:

from mortar import content,.. from mortar_rbd import ... from mortar_zodb import ... from mortar_wsgi import ...

...which looks a bit unsightly to me.

cheers,

Chris

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