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Expand Up @@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ deprecations/index.html: pending-removal-in-python-3-16
deprecations/index.html: c-api-pending-removal-in-python-3-15
deprecations/index.html: c-api-pending-removal-in-python-3-16

tutorial/modules.html: packages-in-multiple-directories

# Removed libmpdec
using/configure.html: cmdoption-with-system-libmpdec

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Expand Up @@ -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
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