PROPOSAL: Packages in Python lib

[Paul Prescod]

Oleg Broytmann wrote:
> 
> Hello!
> 
>    While I love the idea very much, this is what I do not love in
> particular:
> 
> On Sat, 1 May 1999, Paul Prescod wrote:
> > Serial:

It was just an example hierarchy. I'm sure that Guido would have his own
ideas about the right organization and naming.

Someone wrote:
> I love Paul's Idea. It worked for Java, so why not for Python? 

Comparing it to Java is a good way to kill the idea!

>But please... no Poldermodels here. 

I'm not familar with that word.

Stefan Franke wrote:
> Generally, it would be nice to have a simple way in Python to 
> allow different views on the same module set (I could imagine 
> locally interpreted .pth files as placeholders inside a package), but 
> maybe I just don't know it is possible already.

I don't think such a thing exists but it is a good idea. Overall it would
be nice if there were ways through text files (and not environment
variables) to configure the mapping between files and packages.

-- 
 Paul Prescod  - ISOGEN Consulting Engineer speaking for only himself
 http://itrc.uwaterloo.ca/~papresco

Diplomatic term: "We had a frank exchange of views."
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             table-banging.
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