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Sat Apr 29 15:12:09 CEST 2006 · https://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2006-April/064586.html

A.M. Kuchling wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 28, 2006 at 01:13:21AM +0200, thomas.wouters wrote:
>>  - Warn-raise ImportWarning when importing would have picked up a directory
>>    as package, if only it'd had an __init__.py. This swaps two tests (for
>>    case-ness and __init__-ness), but case-test is not really more expensive,
>>    and it's not in a speed-critical section.
> 
> For the what's new, I'd like to clarify the purpose of this change.
> Is the plan to make __init__.py optional in subpackages in 2.6, and
> this warning is a first step toward that?  Or is this just to improve
> the error reporting when a directory lacking an __init__.py is found,
> and no further changes will be in 2.6?

 From what I have read out of the quite lengthy thread on this topic, there's
no decision yet.

Georg

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