Python - Package

About

Code Shipping - (Module|Component) in Python

Physically,

• package are the directories
• and modules are the files within this directories.

Logically, a package is a module (parent module):

• which can contain:
  • modules (submodules)
  • and package (subpackages)
• with an path attribute. (Any module that contains a __path__ attribute is considered a package.)

See also:

• path doc

Articles Related

Type

Python defines two types of packages:

• regular packages (traditional packages) - A regular package is a directory containing an __init__ file.
• and namespace packages.

Management

Distribution

See Python - Regular Package (Shipping | Packaging)

Configuration

See Python - setup.py

Installation

See Python - Regular Package

Location

See Python - Regular Package

Documentation / Reference

• https://docs.python.org/dev/glossary.html#term-package
• https://packaging.python.org/