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[3.11] gh-113208: Mention namespace packages don't require __init__.py (GH-113209) (#113277) 

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@ -437,7 +437,8 @@ When importing the package, Python searches through the directories on
``sys.path`` looking for the package subdirectory.
The :file:`__init__.py` files are required to make Python treat directories
containing the file as packages. This prevents directories with a common name,
containing the file as packages (unless using a :term:`namespace package`, a
relatively advanced feature). This prevents directories with a common name,
such as ``string``, from unintentionally hiding valid modules that occur later
on the module search path. In the simplest case, :file:`__init__.py` can just be
an empty file, but it can also execute initialization code for the package or