From 6153fa19ce701a4d5f9ced5a829b7ad5f8ea7700 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Greg Ward <gward@python.net>
Date: Fri, 26 May 2000 02:24:28 +0000
Subject: Guido's rewording of my definition of "root package", with an
addition by me.
---
Doc/dist/dist.tex | 14 ++++++++------
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Doc/dist/dist.tex b/Doc/dist/dist.tex
index 04b1c8a..60a42d1 100644
--- a/Doc/dist/dist.tex
+++ b/Doc/dist/dist.tex
@@ -171,12 +171,14 @@ following glossary of common Python terms:
\item[package] a module that contains other modules; typically contained
in a directory in the filesystem and distinguished from other
directories by the presence of a file \file{\_\_init\_\_.py}.
-\item[root package] the ``package'' that modules not in a package live
- in. The vast majority of the standard library is in the root package,
- as are many small, standalone third-party modules that don't belong to
- a larger module collection. (The root package isn't really a package,
- since it doesn't have an \file{\_\_init\_\_.py} file. But we have to
- call it something.)
+\item[root package] the root of the hierarchy of packages. (This isn't
+ really a package, since it doesn't have an \file{\_\_init\_\_.py}
+ file. But we have to call it something.) The vast majority of the
+ standard library is in the root package, as are many small, standalone
+ third-party modules that don't belong to a larger module collection.
+ Unlike regular packages, modules in the root package can be found in
+ many directories: in fact, every directory listed in \code{sys.path}
+ can contribute modules to the root package.
\end{description}
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