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The "Implicit namespace packages" item is not correct. Those are for a a specific packaging scenario which doesn't come up in normal usage. Packages should have

The "Implicit namespace packages" item is not correct. Those are for a a specific packaging scenario which doesn't come up in normal usage. Packages should have an __init__.py file in general.

giancarlostoro 7y ago
If the file is going to be empty I fail to justify the effort. It is implicitly a package. Is there a case where an empty init file makes sense in Python 3?
- eirki 7y ago
  Mypy uses the init files to resolve absolute imports.
- nerdponx 7y ago
  Its absence distinguishes a non-package from a package.
jsmeaton 7y ago
Thanks, this was the only item I wasn't sure about, and reading PEP 420 didn't really make it clear how this would benefit regular applications.