On Wed, Apr 25, 2012 at 2:56 AM, Jim Jewett <jimjjew...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Thu, Apr 19, 2012 at 18:56, eric.smith wrote: > >> +Note that an ImportError will no longer be raised for a directory >> +lacking an ``__init__.py`` file. Such a directory will now be imported >> +as a namespace package, whereas in prior Python versions an >> +ImportError would be raised. > > Given that there is no way to modify the __path__ of a namespace > package (short of restarting python?), *should* it be an error if > there is exactly one directory? > > Or is that just a case of "other tools out there, didn't happen to > install them"?
Or you installed all of them into the same directory (as distro packages are likely to do). Also, a namespace package __path__ is still just a list - quite amenable to modification after creation. The only thing we're not currently promising in PEP 420 is a programmatic interface to redo the scan. Cheers, Nick. -- Nick Coghlan | ncogh...@gmail.com | Brisbane, Australia _______________________________________________ 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
