On Sun, Dec 9, 2012 at 12:15 PM, Steven D'Aprano <st...@pearwood.info> wrote: > Assuming that two software packages Spam and Ham install into directories > Spam and Ham, how can merely having them installed side-by-side lead to a > conflict? > > I can see how running or importing Spam and Ham together might lead to > problems. And I can see that if package Spam wants to install into > directory Ham, that would be bad. But who does that?
If two packages Spam and Ham both define a module Jam, then the one that gets loaded will depend on the search path. That would be one form of conflict. ChrisA _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
