[Python-Dev] Re: Rationale behind removing kwdict from keyword.py? (original) (raw)

Fernando Perez fperez528 at yahoo.com
Wed Jul 28 06:09:35 CEST 2004

Jeff Epler wrote:

In 2.3, all = ["iskeyword", "kwlist"]

In the absence of separate documentation, I think all may be the best hint you have about what the "external API" of a module is.

Indeed, lesson learned. In my slim defense, seeing in help(keyword):

DATA all = ['iskeyword', 'kwlist'] keyword = 'yield' kwdict = {'and': 1, 'assert': 1, 'break': 1, 'class': 1, 'continue': 1... kwlist = ['and', 'assert', 'break', 'class', 'continue', 'def', 'del',...

I (mistakenly) assumed kwdict was safe for usage. Relying on help(), while I acknowledge may have been mistaken, is not IMHO a completely farfetched error. Oh well, live and learn :)

Thanks to all for the clarifications. I'll be far more careful in the future with my usage of stuff from the stdlib.

Best,

f

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