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[Python-Dev] dir() and __all__

[Python-Dev] dir() and __all__Aahz aahz at pythoncraft.com
Sat Feb 16 05:49:18 CET 2008
On Fri, Feb 15, 2008, Raymond Hettinger wrote:
>
> [Raymond]
> >> Should dir(module) use __all__ when defined?
> 
> [GvR]
> > It's not consistent with what dir() of a class or instance does though.
> > 
> > -1.
> 
> Perhaps there is another solution. Have dir() exclude objects which
> are modules.  For example, dir(logging) would exclude sys, os, types,
> time, string, cStringIO, and traceback.

-1

I see what you're getting at, but I think this level of introspection
breakage is a Bad Idea.
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