[Python-Dev] Empty directory is a namespace?

[Antoine Pitrou]

On Sat, 23 Jun 2012 17:55:24 +0200
martin at v.loewis.de wrote:
> > That's true. I would have hoped for it to be recognized only when
> > there's at least one module or package inside, but it doesn't sound
> > easy to check for (especially in the recursive namespace packages case
> > - is that possible?).
> 
> Yes - a directory becomes a namespace package by not having an __init__.py,
> so the "namespace package" case will likely become the default, and people
> will start removing the empty __init__.pys when they don't need to support
> 3.2- anymore.

Have you tested the performance of namespace packages compared to
normal packages?

> In the long run, I expect that we will see namespace packages such as
> org.openstack, com.canonical, com.ibm, etc. Then, "com" is a namespace
> package, com.canonical is a namespace package, and com.canonical.launchpad
> might still be a namespace package with multiple portions.

I hope we are spared such naming schemes.

Regards

Antoine.