Re: [Visualpython-users] Let's hash out the documentation for restrictive imports

[C A. R. <an...@ex...>]

On Fri, Oct 8, 2010 at 10:09 PM, Guy K. Kloss <g....@ma...> wrote:
> On Sat, 09 Oct 2010 16:05:22 C Anthony Risinger wrote:
>> So, it may have to remain a package for compatibility, but that
>> doesn't mean it needs to implement anything significant; it can still
>> import what it needs from "vpython".
>
> It could be an empty package, that only contains a __init__.py, which does all
> the import magic.

That's what I meant :-)

I was trying to see if it was possible to do it with only a file,
visual.py like pylab, but I just don't think that will work.

__init__.py can append a finder to sys.meta_path, which will then be
used to properly build the namespace/"virtual" package contents.

Some brief tests looked fine, but I'll try to make something more
concrete later today.

C Anthony