[Python-Dev] package attribute (original) (raw)

Andrew Svetlov andrew.svetlov at gmail.com
Fri May 21 23:35:20 CEST 2010


For me it's the real bug in standard python import machinery. I don't see any backward incompatibilities. There are very hard to write any import-depended code based on decision: was module imported in absolute or relative way.

If it's a bug I can create issue in python bugtracker and provide a patch (for Python 3.2 and for 2.7 if later is required).

On Fri, May 21, 2010 at 10:18 PM, Andrew Svetlov <andrew.svetlov at gmail.com> wrote:

What are expected values for module.package? I see two different behaviors: importlib and standard python import. importlib processes package pretty simple and clean: - for toplevel modules package is empty string - for packages it's package name - for modules inside packages it's again package name

Standard import follows another strategy: - it tries to setup package only in case of relative import (see first 'if' in import.c:getparent) - otherwise package is untouched and None by default. For me importlib's way is better. I don't see any PEP specifying package behavior.



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