On Nov 12, 2010, at 12:02 AM, 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).

Agreed, though I wouldn't *remove* __all__'s, I would establish a convention
where they can be generated programmatically.  Keeping __all__ in sync with
the code is a PITA.  It screams for automation.

-Barry

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