[Pyobjc-dev] Re: [Python-Dev] The meaning of __all__

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>>>>> "JJ" == Jack Jansen <Jac...@cw...> writes:

    JJ> Some people suggested that for a certain module we only put
    JJ> "often used" items in __all__, so that "from module import *"
    JJ> will import only these commonly used items into your
    JJ> namespace.

I hope __all__ isn't just for from-import-* support.  If so, maybe we
should get rid of most of them in the ongoing quest to actively
discourage from-import-* (or better yet, set them to the empty list).

-Barry