Greetings! Does anyone know/recall the original purpose of __all__?
I had thought it was primarily to specify what would be imported when `from ... import *` was executed, such as for tk; today, it seems it is also used to specify the API for the module, and so the help() subsystem will only provide details for those items found in __all__.
The issue I'm having with this is that there are roughly a dozen items I would like to make available via the `import *` mechanism in my dbf module, and another dozen that, while part of the public API, don't need to be available via an `import *`.
History lessons, as well as ideas, welcomed! ~Ethan~ -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
