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		dragonwriter on May 13, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Learning Rust – Day 4 – Understanding Modules > Every other modern language seems to roughly map directory to module (go/python etc) [...]. C/C++ is the outlier, effectively using file as a module. Actually, no, Python uses files as modules.

pjmlp on May 13, 2022 [–]

Or a directory containing an __init__.py file inside,. describing which modules to import when the directory is imported.

dragonwriter on May 13, 2022 | [–]

That's a package, not a module.

pjmlp on May 13, 2022 | | [–]

In Python speak yes, in CS speak, it depends on which language we are talking about.

I guess if you want to be pedantic in regards to Python, yes you're right.

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