[Grok-dev] allowing grokproject to create packages in a namespace

[Martijn Faassen]

Hey Brandon,

Brandon Craig Rhodes wrote:
> One of the bugs assigned to me is:
> 
>    https://bugs.launchpad.net/grok/+bug/223560
> 
> and it looks like a great idea: when you say "grokproject foo.bar",
> instead of creating a broken Grok project (like it does right now),
> grokproject could create an actual "foo.bar" project where "foo" has an
> __init__.py and then a "bar" directory where the actual Grok project
> package lives.

> I'm willing to go code this up for grokproject.

That'd be great!

> But first, a question: should the __init__.py that's the only regular
> file sitting in "foo" be empty (or a comment), or should it be that
> little bit of magic that creates a namespace package?  That is, if the
> user asks for a "foo.bar" project to be created, does this give us the
> confidence to guess that they want "foo" to be a namespace package?  I
> think it does, so my suggestion is we make the assumption.  

Yes, I agree.

> But: should there be an option to turn this off?  I don't see a reason for one, but
> wanted a second opinion before writing some code.

I don't think there should be any reason. We should put the namespace 
magic into the 'foo' package always.

Regards,

Martijn