[Python-Dev] [Python-checkins] cpython: Issue #11223: Add threading._info() function providing informations about the

[Benjamin Peterson]

2011/4/20  <exarkun at twistedmatrix.com>:
> On 08:20 am, victor.stinner at haypocalc.com wrote:
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> Le mardi 19 avril 2011 à 22:42 -0400, Terry Reedy a écrit :
>>>
>>> On 4/19/2011 5:59 PM, victor.stinner wrote:
>>>
>>> >    Issue #11223: Add threading._info() function providing informations
>>> > about the
>>> > thread implementation.
>>>
>>> Since this is being documented, making it part of the public api, why
>>> does it have a leading underscore?
>>
>
> Can I propose something wildly radical?  Maybe the guarantees made about
> whether an API will be available in future versions of Python (ostensibly
> what "public" vs "private" is for) should not be tightly coupled to the
> decision about whether to bother to explain what an API does?

With what criteria would you propose to replace it with?



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Regards,
Benjamin