[Python-Dev] ImportWarning flood

"Martin v. Löwis" martin at v.loewis.de
Sat Jun 24 11:47:19 CEST 2006


Ralf W. Grosse-Kunstleve wrote:
> --- "Martin v. Löwis" <martin at v.loewis.de> wrote:
> 
>> I don't know. Whether a warning is a problem is a matter of attitude, also.
> 
> Our users will think our applications are broken if they see warnings like
> that. It is not professional.

Actually, your application *was* pretty close to being broken a few
weeks ago, when Guido wanted to drop the requirement that a package
must contain an __init__ file. In that case, "import math" would have
imported the directory, and given you an empty package.

Regards,
Martin


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