Brett Cannon wrote:
> On 7/9/07, Nick Coghlan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> Given the above limitations, I propose that we document the new
>> attribute as follows:
>>
>> "If the module global __package__ exists when executing an import
>> statement, it is used to determine the base for relative imports,
>> instead of the __name__ and __path__ attributes.
>
> That's fine. __path__ actually isn't used to resolve relative imports
> into absolute ones anyway; it's used only as a substitute to sys.path
> when importing within a package.
I was referring to the fact that if __path__ is present (indicating a
package), then the relative import is based directly on __name__,
otherwise it is based on __name__.rpartition('.')[0].
Cheers,
Nick.
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