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Tue Nov 16 20:08:18 CET 2010 · https://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2010-November/105634.html

On 11/16/2010 10:16 AM, Alexander Belopolsky wrote:
> What this thread has shown is that there is no consensus on what
> public names are and what rules should be followed when changing names
> that can be imported from a module.

Nor is their any consensus on the use of __all__ in the stdlib, with 
opinion ranging from never to sometimes to always.

I do not have any opinions on the particular solution adopted, but 
appreciate your persistence in pushing to *some* solution. It would be 
nice to add 'Cleanly separated public and private APIs' to the list of 
3.x features.

-- 
Terry Jan Reedy

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