[Python-Dev] [Python-checkins] cpython: Issue #11223: Add threading._info() function providing informations about the

[exarkun at twistedmatrix.com]

On 08:20 am, victor.stinner at haypocalc.com wrote:
>Hi,
>
>Le mardi 19 avril 2011 à 22:42 -0400, Terry Reedy a écrit :
>>On 4/19/2011 5:59 PM, victor.stinner wrote:
>>
>> >    Issue #11223: Add threading._info() function providing 
>>informations about the
>> > thread implementation.
>>
>>Since this is being documented, making it part of the public api, why
>>does it have a leading underscore?
>

Can I propose something wildly radical?  Maybe the guarantees made about 
whether an API will be available in future versions of Python 
(ostensibly what "public" vs "private" is for) should not be tightly 
coupled to the decision about whether to bother to explain what an API 
does?

Jean-Paul