[Python-Dev] On breaking modules into packages Was: [issue10199] Move Demo/turtle under Lib/ (original) (raw)

exarkun at twistedmatrix.com exarkun at twistedmatrix.com
Wed Nov 3 03:23:47 CET 2010

On 12:47 am, ben+python at benfinney.id.au wrote:

Antoine Pitrou <solipsis at pitrou.net> writes:

I don't agree with this. Until it's documented, it's an implementation detail and should be able to change without notice. If it's an implementation detail, shouldn't it be named as one (i.e. with a leading underscore)? If someone wants to depend on some undocumented detail of the directory layout it's their problem (like people depending on bytecode and other stuff). I would say that names without a single leading underscore are part of the public API, whether documented or not.

And if that isn't the rule, then what the heck is?

Jean-Paul

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