[Python-ideas] Simpler namespace packages

[Mike Graham]

I was reading over PEP 382 and am not sure I really understand how it
is a worthwhile step forward. Namespace packages are currently a mess
and personally if anyone asks me I recommend not using the
currently-available approach at all.

Would it be possible to allow a more simple definition, for example
putting the dot itself in the filename? Where these would be similar?

site-packages/
    foo/
        __init__.py
    foo.bar.py
    foo.baz/
        __init__.py
        qux.py
     foo.spam.eggs.py

and

site-packages/
    foo/
        __init__.py
        bar.py
        baz/
            __init__.py
            qux.py
        spam/
            __init__.py #empty
            eggs.py

Obviously this is not fully-defined, but would this kind of approach
fill the same need and be nicer to use, create, find, and understand
then what is proposed in PEP 382?