Transistion from module to package and __init__.py

[Dieter Maurer]

Chris Nyland wrote at 2021-5-4 22:20 -0400:
> ...
>So for a while now I have taken to converting
>my module, in this example database.py, to the __init__.py of the package.
>I remember reading years back that having code in the __init__.py was bad
>practice but I can't remember reading for any specific reason.

If your package is not a so called "namespace package"
(this is a package components of which are stored in different places
and can be installed independent from one another), then
I see no reason not to put code into `__init__.py`.

When I transform a module into a package, I start by using the former
module as the new package's `__init__.py`. Later refactoring steps may
move things out into separate modules/subpackages.