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Thu Nov 11 23:24:49 CET 2010 · https://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2010-November/105527.html

Nick Coghlan wrote:

> My personal opinion is that we should be trying to get the standard
> library to the point where __all__ definitions are unnecessary - if a
> name isn't in __all__, it should start with an underscore (and if that
> is true, then the __all__ definition becomes effectively redundant).

What about names imported from other modules that are used by
the module, but not intended for re-export? How would you
prevent them from turning up in help() etc. without using
__all__?

-- 
Greg

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