From 4662d16022cf7415f66a72d4ff0ae815a6b45ce7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ned Batchelder Date: Thu, 27 Aug 2026 06:30:35 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] [3.14] Docs: remove __path__ discussion from tutorial (GH-156426) * Docs: remove __path__ discussion from tutorial This isn't the current best way to make namespace packages; almost no one needs to make namespace packages; the deleted text even says "while this feature is not often needed". It doesn't belong in the tutorial. * add removed id to removed-ids.txt (cherry picked from commit 79f41dd9f312ab960e492c34b85f02e84cf1f556) Co-authored-by: Ned Batchelder --- Doc/tutorial/modules.rst | 14 -------------- 1 file changed, 14 deletions(-) diff --git a/Doc/tutorial/modules.rst b/Doc/tutorial/modules.rst index f8105cd5441fec..46a226be606aeb 100644 --- a/Doc/tutorial/modules.rst +++ b/Doc/tutorial/modules.rst @@ -584,20 +584,6 @@ Since the main module does not have a package, modules intended for use as the main module of a Python application must always use absolute imports. -Packages in Multiple Directories --------------------------------- - -Packages support one more special attribute, :attr:`~module.__path__`. This is -initialized to be a :term:`sequence` of strings containing the name of the -directory holding the -package's :file:`__init__.py` before the code in that file is executed. This -variable can be modified; doing so affects future searches for modules and -subpackages contained in the package. - -While this feature is not often needed, it can be used to extend the set of -modules found in a package. - - .. rubric:: Footnotes .. [#] In fact function definitions are also 'statements' that are 'executed'; the