Ted Drain wrote: > Could someone point me at a discussion/article that explains the need > for namespace packages? I'm sure there is some good reason for it but > on the surface it seems very confusing. I've always thought that the > purpose of the __init__ file is to define the public interface for a > package. So when you say: > > import foo > > You get foo defined in the way it should be. I'm not sure how doing : > > import foo.api as foo > > is an improvement. Whether the api is defined in __init__.py or > api.py doesn't seem to matter (though I'm sure this is where I'm not > understanding things...). I've googled and found references to > needing to install and distribute sub-packages separately but that > doesn't really seem to explain why __init__ can't be used in the > sub-package. Is this primarily a limitation in the distribution and > setup tools? > > Can someone shed some light on this for me? > > Ted
Ted: I was wrong in my previous email - only the __init__.py in the top-level toolkits directory (now called mpl_toolkits) needs to be empty. So in the case of basemap, this means that the import has changed from from matplotlib.toolkits.basemap import Basemap to from mpl_toolkits.basemap import Basemap. We don't actually need to stuff things into an api.py file. -Jeff > > At 08:11 AM 1/10/2008, Jeff Whitaker wrote: >> Andrew Straw wrote: >> > Great -- hopefully that saved you some API re-arrangement pain. No >> > problem on shuffling mpl_sizer around -- please go ahead do it if you >> > have time. >> > >> > -Andrew >> > >> > Jeff Whitaker wrote: >> >> Andrew: Thanks, you've convinced me. Is it OK with you if I go >> >> ahead and make those changes to mplsizer at the same time I do >> basemap? >> >> >> >> -Jeff >> >> >> > >> Andrew: OK, the change to mpl_toolkits (which is now a proper namespace >> package) is all done. >> >> -Jeff >> >> -- >> Jeffrey S. Whitaker Phone : (303)497-6313 >> Meteorologist FAX : (303)497-6449 >> NOAA/OAR/PSD R/PSD1 Email : [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> 325 Broadway Office : Skaggs Research Cntr 1D-124 >> Boulder, CO, USA 80303-3328 Web : http://tinyurl.com/5telg >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. >> It's the best place to buy or sell services for >> just about anything Open Source. >> http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;164216239;13503038;w?http://sf.net/marketplace >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Matplotlib-devel mailing list >> Matplotlib-devel@lists.sourceforge.net >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-devel > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. > It's the best place to buy or sell services for > just about anything Open Source. > http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;164216239;13503038;w?http://sf.net/marketplace > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Matplotlib-devel mailing list > Matplotlib-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-devel > -- Jeffrey S. Whitaker Phone : (303)497-6313 Meteorologist FAX : (303)497-6449 NOAA/OAR/PSD R/PSD1 Email : [EMAIL PROTECTED] 325 Broadway Office : Skaggs Research Cntr 1D-124 Boulder, CO, USA 80303-3328 Web : http://tinyurl.com/5telg ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. It's the best place to buy or sell services for just about anything Open Source. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;164216239;13503038;w?http://sf.net/marketplace _______________________________________________ Matplotlib-devel mailing list Matplotlib-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-devel
