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[bruno at modulix]

Matthieu Pichaud wrote:
> I have a problem organizing my programs in packages and subpackages.
> 
> I use python.2.3.3
> I built a test structure to try to understand how it worked:
> 
> /test
> /test/__init__.py    (containing: __all__=['test1'])
> /test/test1/
> /test/test1/__init__.py    (containing: __all__=['test2'])
> /test/test1/test2/
> /test/test1/test2/__init__.py    (containing: __all__=['test3'])
> /test/test1/test2/test3.py    (containing: print 'test3')
> 
> Then I run:
>>>> from test import *
>>>> test1
> <module 'test.test1' from 'test/test1/__init__.py'>
>>>> test2
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?
> NameError: name 'test2' is not defined


> So it seems that I am very limited in the number of subpackages I can
> create.

Not at all.

> Is it normal?

Yes : when you have nested namespaces, it won't magically become a flat
namespace. There's a mostly clear documention on this in the official
Python tutorial.

> Am I silly organizing my programs like that?

Dunno - it depends on the program. But still:
python -c "import this" | grep nested

HTH
-- 
bruno desthuilliers
python -c "print '@'.join(['.'.join([w[::-1] for w in p.split('.')]) for
p in 'onurb at xiludom.gro'.split('@')])"