There are many special names used in Python core and the stdlib, but
absent in the documentation index [1]. If you see names that are defined
or used in the module or area maintained by you, please add references
to these names to the index and document them if it is needed.
Repeat the lists here.
Module level names used in pydoc:
__author__
__credits__
__date__
__version__
Module level name used in doctest:
__test__
Other module level names:
__about__ (heapq only)
__copyright__ (many modules)
__cvsid__ (tarfile only)
__docformat__ (doctest only)
__email__ (test_with and test_keywordonlyarg only)
__libmpdec_version__ (decimal only)
__status__ (logging only)
type attributes (mostly used in tests):
__abstractmethods__ (used in abc, functools)
__base__
__basicsize__
__dictoffset__
__flags__ (used in inspect, copyreg)
__itemsize__
__weakrefoffset__
super() attributes:
__self_class__
__thisclass__
Used in sqlite:
__adapt__
__conform__
Used in ctypes:
__ctype_be__
__ctype_le__
__ctypes_from_outparam__
Used in unittest:
__unittest_expecting_failure__
__unittest_skip__
__unittest_skip_why__
float methods, for testing:
__getformat__
__setformat__
Used in IDLE RPC:
__attributes__
__methods__
Others:
__alloc__ (bytearray method)
__args__ (used in bdb)
__build_class__ (builtins function, used in eval loop)
__builtins__ (module attribute)
__decimal_context__ (used in decimal)
__exception__ (used in pdb)
__getinitargs__ (used in pickle, datetime)
__initializing__ (used in importlib)
__isabstractmethod__ (function/method/descriptor attribute,
used in abc, functools, types)
__ltrace__ (used in eval loop, never set)
__members__ (Enum attribute, used in many modules)
__mp_main__ (used in multiprocessing)
__new_member__ (Enum attribute, used in enum internally)
__newobj__ (copyreg function,
used in pickle, object.__reduce_ex__)
__newobj_ex__ (copyreg function,
used in pickle, object.__reduce_ex__)
__objclass__ (descriptor/enum attribute, used in
inspect, pydoc, doctest, multiprocessing)
__prepare__ (metaclass method,
used in builtins.__build_class__, types)
__pycache__ (cache directory name)
__return__ (used in pdb)
__signature__ (used in inspect, never set)
__sizeof__ (standard method, used in sys.getsizeof)
__slotnames__ (used in object.__getstate__ for caching)
__text_signature__ (function/method/descriptor attribute,
used in inspect)
__trunc__ (used in math.trunc, int, etc)
__warningregistry__ (used in warnings)
__weakref__ (used in weakref)
__wrapped__ (used in inspect, functools, contextlib,
asyncio)
[1] http://bugs.python.org/issue23639
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