[Python-Dev] Convention on functions that shadow existing stdlib functions

[Barry Warsaw]

On Jul 29, 2011, at 05:25 PM, Antoine Pitrou wrote:

>> test.support *is* part of the stdlib.
>
>We have lots of internal APIs which are not documented, though.
>And test.support *is* for internal use.

The solution then is to rename test.support to test._support to make it clear
it's an internal implementation detail.  Then you can remove the entire
section from the stdlib docs and just document it in the code.

-Barry
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