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		kolanos 24 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: I'm switching to Python and actually liking it > I would think the dumber thing is having to create an empty file called __init__.py for a package to register as a package. This hasn't been true since Python 3.3. You no longer need a __init__.py for Python to recognize a module, but it can still be useful in many cases.

maleldil 24 days ago [–]

This is incorrect.

> The __init__.py files are required to make Python treat directories containing the file as packages (unless using a namespace package, a relatively advanced feature).

https://docs.python.org/3/tutorial/modules.html

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