[Python-Dev] [Python-checkins] peps: Note that ImportError will no longer be raised due to a missing __init__.py

[Eric V. Smith]

On 4/19/2012 10:59 PM, Brett Cannon wrote:
> It's actually an ImportWarning, not Error (or at least that's what I
> meant on import-sig). If the module is eventually found then there is no
> error.

My error. Fixed.

Eric.

> 
> On Thu, Apr 19, 2012 at 18:56, eric.smith <python-checkins at python.org
> <mailto:python-checkins at python.org>> wrote:
> 
>     http://hg.python.org/peps/rev/af61fe9a56fb
>     changeset:   4281:af61fe9a56fb
>     user:        Eric V. Smith <eric at trueblade.com
>     <mailto:eric at trueblade.com>>
>     date:        Thu Apr 19 18:56:22 2012 -0400
>     summary:
>      Note that ImportError will no longer be raised due to a missing
>     __init__.py file.
> 
>     files:
>      pep-0420.txt |  5 +++++
>      1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
> 
> 
>     diff --git a/pep-0420.txt b/pep-0420.txt
>     --- a/pep-0420.txt
>     +++ b/pep-0420.txt
>     @@ -148,6 +148,11 @@
>      path. With namespace packages, all entries in the path must be
>      scanned.
> 
>     +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.
>     +
>      At PyCon 2012, we had a discussion about namespace packages at which
>      PEP 382 and PEP 402 were rejected, to be replaced by this PEP [1]_.
> 
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