Is it bad practise to write __all__ like that

[Erik Max Francis]

Thomas Rachel wrote:
> Why not? But you could even do
> 
> class AllList(list):
>     """list which can be called in order to be used as a __all__-adding 
> decorator"""
>     def __call__(self, obj):
>         """for decorators"""
>         self.append(obj.__name__)
>         return obj
> 
> __all__ = AllList()
> 
> @__all__
> def api(): pass
> 
> @__all__
> def db(): pass
> 
> @__all__
> def input(): pass
> 
> @__all__
> def output(): pass
> 
> @__all__
> def tcl(): pass

Bravo!

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