https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/e65e9f90626a4c62da4d3500044f354b51e51dbb
commit: e65e9f90626a4c62da4d3500044f354b51e51dbb
branch: main
author: Inada Naoki <[email protected]>
committer: merwok <[email protected]>
date: 2025-02-14T13:47:54-05:00
summary:
Doc: update term "namespace package" (#129251)
files:
M Doc/glossary.rst
M Doc/reference/import.rst
diff --git a/Doc/glossary.rst b/Doc/glossary.rst
index d933ca6b467cf3..7670bd859e282e 100644
--- a/Doc/glossary.rst
+++ b/Doc/glossary.rst
@@ -939,11 +939,16 @@ Glossary
modules, respectively.
namespace package
- A :pep:`420` :term:`package` which serves only as a container for
- subpackages. Namespace packages may have no physical representation,
+ A :term:`package` which serves only as a container for subpackages.
+ Namespace packages may have no physical representation,
and specifically are not like a :term:`regular package` because they
have no ``__init__.py`` file.
+ Namespace packages allow several individually installable packages to
have a common parent package.
+ Otherwise, it is recommended to use a :term:`regular package`.
+
+ For more information, see :pep:`420` and
:ref:`reference-namespace-package`.
+
See also :term:`module`.
nested scope
diff --git a/Doc/reference/import.rst b/Doc/reference/import.rst
index 48fdd0f5d021c7..d772d1f5345fcd 100644
--- a/Doc/reference/import.rst
+++ b/Doc/reference/import.rst
@@ -123,6 +123,8 @@ Importing ``parent.one`` will implicitly execute
``parent/__init__.py`` and
``parent/three/__init__.py`` respectively.
+.. _reference-namespace-package:
+
Namespace packages
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