[Python-checkins] peps: Clarify that hybrid namespace packages don't have dynamic path computation.

eric.smith python-checkins at python.org
Wed May 16 15:54:04 CEST 2012


http://hg.python.org/peps/rev/db7c0f413645
changeset:   4396:db7c0f413645
user:        Eric V. Smith <eric at trueblade.com>
date:        Wed May 16 09:53:58 2012 -0400
summary:
  Clarify that hybrid namespace packages don't have dynamic path computation.

files:
  pep-0420.txt |  6 ++++--
  1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)


diff --git a/pep-0420.txt b/pep-0420.txt
--- a/pep-0420.txt
+++ b/pep-0420.txt
@@ -245,8 +245,10 @@
 likely not practical for all existing portions of a namespace package
 to be migrated to this PEP at once, ``extend_path()`` will be modified
 to also recognize PEP 420 namespace packages.  This will allow some
-portions of a namespace to be legacty portions while others are
-migrated to PEP 420.
+portions of a namespace to be legacy portions while others are
+migrated to PEP 420.  These hybrid namespace packages will not have
+the dynamic path computation that normal namespace packages have,
+since ``extend_path()`` never provided this functionality in the past.
 
 
 Packaging Implications

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