[Import-SIG] PEP 382: Partial packages

"Martin v. Löwis" martin at v.loewis.de
Sun Jul 10 23:57:46 CEST 2011


> Partial package works for me. I too like the association with partial
> classes. ".pyp" is okay, although I'd avoid saying it stands for "Python
> Package", since the presence of the file is not what makes this code a
> package, it makes it a partial package.

No - it is actually what makes it a package. There are two ways to
declare a package: either put an __init__.py into the directory, or
a .pyp file.

Regards,
Martin


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