__init__.py

[Tina I]

When looking at other peoples code (to learn from it) I keep seeing an
empty file named "__init__.p y". What's the purpose of this?

Thanks
Tina

[Tina I]

Re: __init__.py

Tina I wrote:

When looking at other peoples code (to learn from it) I keep seeing an
empty file named "__init__.p y". What's the purpose of this?
>
Thanks
Tina

Duh! Never mind... found it.
Kinda neat actually :)

T

[Jorgen Grahn]

Re: __init__.py

On Mon, 26 Mar 2007 08:27:19 +0200, Tina I <tinaweb@bestem selv.comwrote:

Tina I wrote:

>When looking at other peoples code (to learn from it) I keep seeing an
>empty file named "__init__.p y". What's the purpose of this?
>>
>Thanks
>Tina

>
Duh! Never mind... found it.
Kinda neat actually :)

/What/ was neat? It's polite in cases like this to explain what the
answer or solution was.

I have never seen an empty __init__.py, and I'd like to know what its
purpose could be.

BR,
/Jorgen

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[Steve Holden]

Re: __init__.py

Jorgen Grahn wrote:

On Mon, 26 Mar 2007 08:27:19 +0200, Tina I <tinaweb@bestem selv.comwrote:

>Tina I wrote:

>>When looking at other peoples code (to learn from it) I keep seeing an
>>empty file named "__init__.p y". What's the purpose of this?
>>>
>>Thanks
>>Tina

>Duh! Never mind... found it.
>Kinda neat actually :)

>
/What/ was neat? It's polite in cases like this to explain what the
answer or solution was.
>
I have never seen an empty __init__.py, and I'd like to know what its
purpose could be.
>
BR,
/Jorgen
>

The presence of an __init__.py marks a directory as the root of a Python
package, which means other modules can be found in it. This allows you
to import names with multiple levels of dots, which are modules within
packages.

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Steve
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[Tina I]

Re: __init__.py

Jorgen Grahn wrote:

On Mon, 26 Mar 2007 08:27:19 +0200, Tina I <tinaweb@bestem selv.comwrote:

>Tina I wrote:

>>When looking at other peoples code (to learn from it) I keep seeing an
>>empty file named "__init__.p y". What's the purpose of this?
>>>
>>Thanks
>>Tina

>Duh! Never mind... found it.
>Kinda neat actually :)

>
/What/ was neat? It's polite in cases like this to explain what the
answer or solution was.
>
I have never seen an empty __init__.py, and I'd like to know what its
purpose could be.
>
BR,
/Jorgen
>

Sorry, it was just that it was so easy to find right there in the
documentation. I had just missed it the first time around. So I kinda
assumed that since it was spelled out so well in the doc I was asking a
very stupid question.
But anyway, it can be found here:

http://www.python.org/doc/2.1.3/tut/node8.html#SECTION008400000000000000000

Tina