guido van rossum hoaufpythonorg wed apr 30 2008 502 pm brett cannon wrote general dislike putting code packages __init__ module personally fine tried reorg people speak support happen im sure agree sentiment quite packages large __index__py files django routinely puts lots code even people prefer put much code __init__py good compromise might put actual implementation code separate submodule put things like submodule import submodulepy better define __all__ submodule import api1 api2 __init__py guido van rossum home page httpwwwpythonorgguido _______________________________________________ python3000 mailing list smsbmo9552pythonorg httpmailpythonorgmailmanlistinfopython3000 unsubscribe httpmailpythonorgmailmanoptionspython3000python300040tangomucom thu 07 aug 2008 224418 0700 python3000 stdlibsig pep 3108 stdlib reorgcleanup