end a package's path. Intended use is to place the following code in a package's __init__.py: from pkgutil import extend_path __path__ = extend_path(__path__, __name__) For each directory on sys.path that has a subdirectory that matches the package name, add the subdirectory to the package's __path__. This is useful if one wants to distribute different parts of a single logical package as multiple directories. It also looks for *.pkg files beginning where * matches the name argument. This feature is similar to *.pth files (see site.py), except that it doesn't special-case lines starting with 'import'. A *.pkg file is trusted at face value: apart from checking for duplicates, all entries found in a *.pkg file are added to the path, regardless of whether they are exist the filesystem. (This is a feature.) If the input path is not a list (as is the case for frozen packages) it is returned unchanged. The input path is not modified; an extended copy is returned. Items are only appended to the copy at the end. It is assumed that sys.path is a sequence. Items of sys.path that are not (unicode or 8-bit) strings referring to existing directories are ignored. Unicode items of sys.path that cause errors when used as filenames may cause this function to raise an exception (in line with os.path.isdir() behavior). z