[Python-Dev] Choosing a best practice solution for Python/extension modules

[Aahz]

On Fri, Feb 20, 2009, Brett Cannon wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 20, 2009 at 12:37, Brett Cannon <brett at python.org> wrote:
>> On Fri, Feb 20, 2009 at 12:31, Daniel Stutzbach <
>> daniel at stutzbachenterprises.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> A slight change would make it work for modules where only key functions
>>> have been rewritten.  For example, pickle.py could read:
>>>
>>> from _pypickle import *
>>> try: from _pickle import *
>>> except ImportError: pass
>>
>> True, although that still suffers from the problem of overwriting things
>> like __name__, __file__, etc.
> 
> Actually, I take that back; the IMPORT_STAR opcode doesn't pull in anything
> starting with an underscore. So while this alleviates the worry above, it
> does mean that anything that gets rewritten needs to have a name that does
> not lead with an underscore for this to work. Is that really an acceptable
> compromise for a simple solution like this?

Doesn't __all__ control this?
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