[Python-Dev] Assigning to __debug__

[Moshe Zadka]

On Fri, 30 Mar 2001, "Fredrik Lundh" <fredrik@pythonware.com> wrote:
 
> is the "__version__" convention documented somewhere?

Yes. I don't remember where, but the words are something like "the __ names
are reserved for use by the infrastructure, loosly defined as the interpreter
and the standard library. Code which has aspirations to be part of the
infrastructure must use a unique prefix like __bobo_pos__"

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