On Aug 11, 2011, at 04:39 PM, Éric Araujo wrote: >> * XXX what is the __file__ of a "pure virtual" package? ``None``? >> Some arbitrary string? The path of the first directory with a >> trailing separator? No matter what we put, *some* code is >> going to break, but the last choice might allow some code to >> accidentally work. Is that good or bad? >A pure virtual package having no source file, I think it should have no >__file__ at all. I don’t know if that would break more code than using >an empty string for example, but it feels righter.
I agree that the empty string is the worst of the choices. no __file__ or __file__=None is better. -Barry _______________________________________________ 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
