Package name with '.' in them: Python Bug ?

[Yannick Patois]

Josiah Carlson wrote:
>> But I dont know, I wont say that this has to be fixed in any way 
>> outside of the programmer's code. 
> I've never seen python modules named like: valid_name.1.py

Well, I wrote one (it's generated names, that's why it happenned) ;)

> Considering that you have shown that it does not work, and that there is 
> documentation stating that it is not /meant/ to work

The doc is not so explicit. It says that hierarchical modules are not 
handled by load_module(), fine, i dont want to handle hierarchicals one, 
just a simple one that has a don in its name.

> then the error is 
> in the way /you/ name /your/ modules, not the way Python handles 
> /incorrectly/ named modules.

That's exactly what I said, and I tend to believe it.

	Yannick

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