Eric Snow added the comment: > By the way,...
Yeah, PEP 420 (implemented in 3.3) introduced namespace packages. The new behavior you're thinking of is where a package doesn't need a __init__.py. So path-based lookup for modules, the order goes like this (for "import spam.eggs"): 1. look for a directory named "spam" with a __init__.py, 2. look for a file named spam.py, 3. look for a directory named "spam" (becomes an namespace package), 4. raise ImportError (used to be step 3). Once spam gets loaded, spam.eggs gets imported... ---------- _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue17108> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
