[Python-3000] packages in the stdlib

[Antoine Pitrou]

Le mercredi 31 mai 2006 à 11:31 -0700, Brett Cannon a écrit :
> If there were categories, though, I would most likely have the handful
> of package names memorized.  So I would run help() on the packages to
> see what modules they had and the summary.  Basically what I should
> probably be doing with the online docs' hierarchy, but entirely at the
> interpreter.  I *really* prefer using the interpreter for quick doc
> lookup and only hit the online docs for detailed documentation or I
> have no clue where something is.  If I can cut down on the instances
> of not having a clue where something is by some basic categorization
> at the interpreter I consider that a win. 

Ok, so we are looking for a way to easily find library modules while in
the command line, or automatically generate topical documentation.
But it doesn't mean we must mandate "from net import jabber" instead of
the more obvious "import jabber", for the common case where you already
know the module name and just want to use it.

So perhaps there is a way to create some kind of "virtual packages" or
"categories" in which existing modules could register themselves. This
could allow third-party modules (e.g. "gtk") to register themselves in
stdlib-supplied virtual packages (e.g. "gui"), for documentation and
findability purposes. "import gui; help(gui)" would give you the list of
available modules.

Regards

Antoine.