See the two threads started in python-dev by Tomer Filiba on (according to my clock) July 6, 2006 and October 6, 2006, both have __dir__ in the subject. - Josiah Giovanni Bajo <rasky at develer.com> wrote: > > Hello, > > I could not find a PEP for __dir__. I was thinking today that if __dir__ was > added, I would find it useful if modules implemented it by returning __all__ > (when __all__ is defined). Or even better, to return the same names that would > be imported by a star-import (so, if __all__ is not defined, all names which > do not start with '_'). > > This wouldn't prevent introspection tools to use mod.__dict__ to still access > the module's global dictionary, of course. But it would allow module's authors > to more clearly document the module's public API. > -- > Giovanni Bajo > > _______________________________________________ > Python-Dev mailing list > Python-Dev at python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev > Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/jcarlson%40uci.edu
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