Re: an old idea: getting rid of __init__.py

On Sat, 2 May 2015 16:22:31 -0600
Eric Snow <[email protected]> wrote:
> When namespace packages were under discussion I remember we were
> seriously considering eliminating the requirement of __init__.py for
> *all* packages.  Well, I stumbled onto the following post from Guido
> predating namespace packages by several years:

Well, I've already been bitten by Python mistaking a directory for a
"namespace package", just because of its simple existence. I wouldn't
want things to get any more annoying.

The argument that __init__.py is confusing to beginners is a bit
arbitrary; not requiring any __init__.py makes for situations that are
just as confusing.

Regards

Antoine.


> 
> https://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2006-April/064400.html
> 
> Food for thought. :)
> 
> -eric
> 
> p.s. I haven't yet read through the thread, but I expect the
> conversation dragged out long enough that the proposal lost steam.