[Python-Dev] (finally) getting around to killing __private names from stdlib

Anthony Baxter anthony at interlink.com.au
Thu Mar 30 15:26:50 CEST 2006


I originally raised this a metric age or four ago, and promptly forgot 
about it - 
http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2004-August/048444.html

The concensus seemed to be "ok, remove them, but carefully!" I've 
started doing this, and will post a patch on SF when it's done. 

Before I do this, does anyone want to scream?

(see also 
http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2005-December/058555.html
)

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Anthony Baxter     <anthony at interlink.com.au>
It's never too late to have a happy childhood.


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