[Python-Dev] __dir__ and __all__

[Josiah Carlson]

See the two threads started in python-dev by Tomer Filiba on (according
to my clock) July 6, 2006 and October 6, 2006, both have __dir__ in the
subject.

 - Josiah

Giovanni Bajo <rasky at develer.com> wrote:
> 
> Hello,
> 
> I could not find a PEP for __dir__. I was thinking today that if __dir__ was 
> added, I would find it useful if modules implemented it by returning __all__ 
> (when __all__ is defined). Or even better, to return the same names that would 
> be imported by a star-import (so, if __all__ is not defined, all names which 
> do not start with '_').
> 
> This wouldn't prevent introspection tools to use mod.__dict__ to still access 
> the module's global dictionary, of course. But it would allow module's authors 
> to more clearly document the module's public API.
> -- 
> Giovanni Bajo
> 
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