[Python-Dev] Breaking undocumented API

[Terry Reedy]

On 11/16/2010 10:16 AM, Alexander Belopolsky wrote:
> What this thread has shown is that there is no consensus on what
> public names are and what rules should be followed when changing names
> that can be imported from a module.

Nor is their any consensus on the use of __all__ in the stdlib, with 
opinion ranging from never to sometimes to always.

I do not have any opinions on the particular solution adopted, but 
appreciate your persistence in pushing to *some* solution. It would be 
nice to add 'Cleanly separated public and private APIs' to the list of 
3.x features.

-- 
Terry Jan Reedy