On Tue, Mar 8, 2011 at 6:00 PM, Greg Ewing <[email protected]> wrote: > Jim Fulton wrote: > >> I question whether that distinction is important, but if and when it >> is, then we could use an adjective to clarify. Under the hood, the >> object we call packages today are just modules. > > I think the fact that we used the word "package" in the > first place testifies that it *is* important -- otherwise > we wouldn't have invented the term.
We invented the term long before distutils was invented and without much, of any, consideration for software distribution. Just because we've historiaclly uses a term, doesn't mean it's a good term. > The word "package" covers much more than just the module > object that comes into being when you import it. It also > implies the associated directory structure, extra import > facilities and mechanisms, etc. It's not just a minor > variation on the concept of a module. I agree to disagree. :) Jim -- Jim Fulton http://www.linkedin.com/in/jimfulton _______________________________________________ Distutils-SIG maillist - [email protected] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/distutils-sig
