Having a __stdlib__ namespace? [__std__ package]
Daniel Yoo
dyoo at hkn.eecs.berkeley.edu
Sat Jan 11 17:30:17 EST 2003
Terry Hancock <hancock at anansispaceworks.com> wrote:
: Just wrote:
:> In article <mailman.1042189529.2441.python-list at python.org>,
:> Lulu of the Lotus-Eaters <mertz at gnosis.cx> wrote:
:>
:>> It doesn't come "out of the box" this way, but you could easily create
:>> your own directory on the import path that was a link to the actual
:>> library path. And you could name it something like 'std' or '__std__'.
:>> Once such a link was added, the OP's prefered import form will work.
:>
:> Or you can add a regular dir named "std" somewhere, which contains an
:> __init__.py like this:
:>
:> __path__ = [<path-to-std-lib>]
: Okay -- that should be portable across all platforms, so it's better than
: the symlink. That's the way to do it -- no PEP needed (unless maybe to
: include this in the standard distribution).. :-D
I've packaged Just's suggestions into a distutil'ed package called
__std__, and have placed it here:
http://hkn.eecs.berkeley.edu/~dyoo/python/__std__/
Thanks again for all your help!
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