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### Please describe your feature request
Lets assume you have set the systems `R_BOX_PATH` environment variable to something like `/opt/box`. It would be convenient to take advantage of the `__init__.r` usage pattern with modules within `/opt/box`.
For example, suppose the following directory structure in `/opt/box`
`foo/__init__.r`
```
#' @export
box::use(./mod1[...], ./mod2[...])
```
`foo/mod1.r`
```
#' @export
bar <- 1L
```
`foo/mod2.r`
```
#' @export
baz <- 2L
```
Then, the expected result may look something like this:
```
box::use(foo)
foo$bar # 1L
foo$baz # 2L
```
Instead, we currently get an error dictating that there is no package named `foo`. Thus back to my point, to there being some convenience if `box` would then start searching the paths.
I am aware that if `R_BOX_PATH` had `/opt` set, then the following usage may work
```
box::use(box/foo)
```
But in my case, there may be other things within `/opt` that I do not want the `box` package to walk over.
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