[Python-Dev] Writing importers and path hooks (original) (raw)

Nick Coghlan ncoghlan at gmail.com
Fri Mar 29 21:41:19 CET 2013


On Fri, Mar 29, 2013 at 3:39 AM, Brett Cannon <brett at python.org> wrote:

To tell if a module is a package, you should do either ``if mod.name == mod.packageorif hasattr(mod, 'path')``.

The second of those is actually a bit more reliable. As with many import quirks, the answer to "But why?" is "Because main" :P

Cheers, Nick.

-- Nick Coghlan | ncoghlan at gmail.com | Brisbane, Australia



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