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[Adam Hupp]

On Tue, Apr 29, 2003 at 09:51:47AM -0700, Vince Buonassisi wrote:
> daniel,
> 
> thanks for the response.  i am new to python.  i inherited a project 
> that was written in python from someone who left the company.  he was 
> also the only python programmer here.
> 
> i have been trying to find information about those __init__.py/pyc 
> files that i see laying around and how they relate to running the 
> python scripts.  all of them are empty except for the compiled ones.  
> can you point me to a source that will give me an explanation about the 
> purpose of this file, __init__.py.  i have been unable to find an 
> explanation for this file.
> 
> the test directory was missing the __init__.py file.  i put an empty 
> one in there and my script ran just fine.

See http://www.python.org/doc/2.2.1/tut/node8.html#SECTION008400000000000000000

-Adam