[Python-Dev] Keeping __init__.py empty for Python packages used for module grouping.

[Fred Drake]

On Mon, Jan 24, 2011 at 2:04 PM, Raymond Hettinger
<raymond.hettinger at gmail.com> wrote:
> ISTM, that if we're going to use python packages as "namespace containers" for
> categorizing modules, then the top level __init__ namespace should be left empty.

This is only an issue if the separate components are distributed
separately; for the standard library, we're not using it as a
namespace package in the same sense that is done with (for example)
the "zope" package.


  -Fred

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