[Jython-users] "from A import *" Q

[Robert W. B. <rb...@di...>]

Hello,

I'm curious about the underscore import restriction- e.g, 
>>> from A import * 
when objects within "A" begin with a single underscore.

CPython excludes those objects prefixed with a single underscore,
while Jython excludes those with 2 prefixing underscores only.
I didn't see anything on "differences.html," in the bug-list, in
mail archives, nor code comment that indicates this is
intended.  Sorry if I've overlooked the obvious, but I
was hoping someone could tell me if this is expected behavior,
or if it could change anytime soon.

On an unrelated note...
I hadn't heard back about the hexstring conversion in
"long("0xaf",16)" note sent a while back. It's not 
important, but I was curious if this change is being considered.
The note is at:

http://www.geocrawler.com/archives/3/7018/2001/4/0/5655184/

Thanks,

Robert