From: paul at prescod.net (Paul Prescod)
Date: Sun, 2 May 1999 21:58:11 GMT
Subject: PROPOSAL: Packages in Python lib
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"Peter A. Koren" wrote:
> 
> Hans Nowak wrote:
> >
>  I have been trying
> > myself to organize all kinds of modules in a package collection, and a
> > problem that occurs quite often is, that a module can logically belong in
> > more than one package. For instance, modules dealing with HTML parsing, do
> > they belong in the Internet package, or in the Text package? (Yes, you don't
> > have those packages here... but I do. :^)
> 
> Hmmmmm, it sounds like we need some conditional import mechanism. 

I interpreted Hans' message as reporting the usual problem with building
ontologies -- the world isn't strictly hierarchical and people wouldn't
agree on the hierarchy even if it was. I think you interpred his message
differently, because I don't see how a conditional import mechanism would
help this problem.

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