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Good practices for packaging Python programs

I've been using Python for a while now, both in the context of personal and professional projects. One thing that occured to me recently is that I had never thought about a good way to deploy Python ...
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How large should a Python module be?

I was browsing a github project and found this module which has more than 8 thousands lines. Is it good practice to have that much code in a single module? Shouldn't this be split over multiple ...
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Python: What is the point of using “import”?

I am not very clear on this aspect. Let's say you have a bunch of .py files that are their own separate modules. Why does each .py file need to import the others when they use that class? Or do they? ...
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What is Module Object and Function Object?

I am currently teaching myself Python, using the GNU licensed book "Introduction to Computer Science using Python." In chapter 3, functions are covered. While I understand the concept of functions ...
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Module vs. Package?

Whenever you do "from 'x' import 'y'" I was wondering which one is considered the 'module' and which is the 'package', and why it isn't the other way around?