__package__ — Easy Examples

The name of the package a module belongs to

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Accessing __package__

How to access and use __package__.

python
# __package__
print("Demonstrating __package__")
print(type(object).__dict__.keys())

__package__ is a special attribute that the name of the package a module belongs to.

__package__ in practice

Using __package__ in everyday code.

python
# More __package__ examples
print("__package__ is a special Python attribute")

# Every object has certain dunder attributes
obj = object()
attrs = [a for a in dir(obj) if a.startswith("__")]
print(f"object has {len(attrs)} dunder attributes")

Understanding __package__ helps you introspect and debug Python objects.

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