On Sat, Jun 24, 2006, Jean-Paul Calderone wrote: > > I am very unhappy that the burden of understanding Python's package > structure is being pushed onto end users in this way. Several of my > projects now emit three or four warnings on import now. > > The Twisted plugin system relies on the fact that directories without > __init__ are not Python packages (since they _aren't_, have never > been, and it has always been extremely clear that Python will ignore > them). > > Of course, Twisted is a pretty marginal Python user so I'm sure no one > cares.
Then again, bringing this back to the original source of this change, Google is a pretty marginal Python user, too. ;-) I was a pretty strong -1 on the original proposed change of allowing import on empty directories, but my take is that if a project deliberately includes empty directories, they can add a new warning filter on program startup. Your users will have to upgrade to a new version of the application or do a similar fix in their own sitecustomize. I don't consider that a huge burden. -- Aahz ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) <*> http://www.pythoncraft.com/ "I saw `cout' being shifted "Hello world" times to the left and stopped right there." --Steve Gonedes _______________________________________________ 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
