[Python-Dev] __all__ in urllib

[Greg Ewing]

Jack Jansen <jack@oratrix.nl>:

> but the other distinct case is in a module that is an 
> extension of another module. In this second case you would really want to 
> bypass this whole __all__ mechanism.
> 
> I think that the latter is a valid use case for import *, and that there 
> should be some way to get this behaviour.

How about:

  from foo import **

meaning "give me ALL the stuff in module foo, no, really,
I MEAN it" (possibly even including _ names).

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