[Python-Dev] On breaking modules into packages Was: [issue10199] Move Demo/turtle under Lib/

[Barry Warsaw]

On Nov 02, 2010, at 03:43 PM, Brett Cannon wrote:

>On Tue, Nov 2, 2010 at 15:33, Nick Coghlan <ncoghlan at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Tue, Nov 2, 2010 at 12:35 PM, Brett Cannon <brett at python.org> wrote:
>>> So basically it seems like we have learned a lesson: we prefer to have
>>> our code structured in files that match the public API. I think that
>>> is a legitimate design rule for the stdlib to follow from now on, but
>>> in the case of unittest it's too late to change it back (and it's a
>>> minor price to pay to learn this lesson and to have Michael
>>> maintaining unittest like he has been, plus we could consider using
>>> the new structure so that the public API matches the file structure
>>> when the need arises).
>>
>> Something to note in PEP 8, perhaps?
>
>If everyone agrees with making this policy, then yes.

If SHOULD not MUST, then +0

-Barry
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