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+#amara3 namespace package
+
+#Following line is setuptools style namespace package decl, but we're only reluctantly using setuptools, so avoid this
+#__import__('pkg_resources').declare_namespace(__name__)
+
+# A Python "namespace package" http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0382/
+# This always goes inside of a namespace package's __init__.py
+
+from pkgutil import extend_path
+__path__ = extend_path(__path__, __name__)