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authorRaymond Hettinger <python@rcn.com>2002-10-26 03:13:57 (GMT)
committerRaymond Hettinger <python@rcn.com>2002-10-26 03:13:57 (GMT)
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Clarify packages in tutorial. Closes SF bug #616211.
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@@ -2556,6 +2556,9 @@ Sound/ Top-level package
...
\end{verbatim}
+When importing the package, Python searchs through the directories
+on \code{sys.path} looking for the package subdirectory.
+
The \file{__init__.py} files are required to make Python treat the
directories as containing packages; this is done to prevent
directories with a common name, such as \samp{string}, from