module distribution
a collection of Python modules distributed together as a single downloadable
resource and meant to be installed *en masse*. Examples of some well-known
- module distributions are NumPy, SciPy, PIL (the Python Imaging
- Library), or mxBase. (This would be called a *package*, except that term is
+ module distributions are NumPy, SciPy, Pillow,
+ or mxBase. (This would be called a *package*, except that term is
already taken in the Python context: a single module distribution may contain
zero, one, or many Python packages.)
deleted, the image data is deleted as well, and Tk will display an empty box
wherever the image was used.
+.. seealso::
+
+ The `Pillow <http://python-pillow.org/>`_ package adds support for
+ formats such as BMP, JPEG, TIFF, and WebP, among others.
.. _tkinter-file-handlers:
named ``B`` in a package named ``A``. Just like the use of modules saves the
authors of different modules from having to worry about each other's global
variable names, the use of dotted module names saves the authors of multi-module
-packages like NumPy or the Python Imaging Library from having to worry about
+packages like NumPy or Pillow from having to worry about
each other's module names.
Suppose you want to design a collection of modules (a "package") for the uniform