I'm creating a python package foo. What is intended use for __init__.py files? Well, I found this: http://www.python.org/doc/essays/packages.html >From what I can gather it is for initialization of the package when doing an import, but I would really like to see an example or situation that makes good use of the __init__.py file.
Looking at the distutils __init__.py file, it only defines things like __version__. However, looking at the logging __init__.py file, it is a 1196-line monster with functions and classes defined throughout. What is the RightThing? Should I only define things in __init__.py that need to be defined when importing a subpackage and/or module of package foo? Is it ok for me to define classes in foo/__init__.py? Whereby I could do something like: from foo import MyClass Or is is better if I were to put these classes and/or functions in foo/core.py? Whereby I would do something like: from foo.core import MyClass -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
