packages

[Mage]

Hello,

I read about modules and packages in the tutorial. I think I understand
how to use packages and modules, even I know how to create a module (as
far I understand it's a simple .py) file , but I don't know how can I
create a package and when should I do it.

Where should I look for more information?

Mage

 

[F. Petitjean]

Le Mon, 18 Apr 2005 20:29:39 +0200, Mage a écrit :

Hello,

I read about modules and packages in the tutorial. I think I understand
how to use packages and modules, even I know how to create a module (as
far I understand it's a simple .py) file , but I don't know how can I
create a package and when should I do it.

The standard library contains some packages : email, xml, distutils ...
Read the __init__.py in the directory "package-name".

Where should I look for more information?

Mage

example of use :
import distutils
help(distutils)
help(distutils.sysconfig)
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?
AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'sysconfig'
import distutils.sysconfig
help(distutils.sysconfig)
distutils.sysconfig.get_python_lib(standard_lib=True)
'/home/fp2x/local/lib/python2.4'
distutils.sysconfig.get_python_lib(standard_lib=False)
'/home/fp2x/local/lib/python2.4/site-packages'