[Python-Dev] Breaking undocumented API (original) (raw)

Georg Brandl g.brandl at gmx.net
Wed Nov 17 22:50:10 CET 2010

Am 17.11.2010 22:39, schrieb Fred Drake:

On Wed, Nov 17, 2010 at 4:22 PM, Georg Brandl <g.brandl at gmx.net> wrote:

So it comes down again to what we'd like all to mean foremost: public API, or just a list for "import *"? It is and has been since its inception the list for "import *". Any additional meaning will have to accommodate that usage as well.

Seeing that "import *" is discouraged anywhere I look, it might just not be as important anymore.

BTW, "open" is listed in all for lots of modules: io, gzip, dbm... and even "ancient" ones like aifc.

cheers, Georg

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