[Python-3000] packages in the stdlib

[Aaron Bingham]

Paul Moore wrote:

>On 5/31/06, Brett Cannon <brett at python.org> wrote:
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>>Why would a 3rd-party module be installed into the stdlib namespace?
>>net.jabber wouldn't exist unless it was in the stdlib or the module's author
>>decided to be snarky and inject their module into the stdlib namespace.
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>Do you really want the stdlib to "steal" all of the simple names (like
>net, gui, data, ...)? While I don't think it's a particularly good
>idea for 3rd party modules to use such names, I'm not too keen on
>having them made effectively "reserved", either.
>  
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I'm confused.  As far as I can see, a reserved prefix (the "py" or 
"stdlib" package others have mentioned) is the only reliable way to 
avoid naming conflicts with 3rd-party packages with a growing standard 
library.  I suspect we wll be going round and round in circles here as 
long as a reserved prefix is ruled out.  IMO, multiple reserved prefixes 
("net", "gui", etc.) is much worse than one.  Could someone please 
explain for my sake why a single reserved prefix is not acceptable? 

Thanks,

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