New submission from Cody Piersall: If a some_module defines __all__, dir(some_module) should only return what is in __all__. This is already a mechanism that Python provides to specify module-level APIs. Currently, dir(some_module) returns some_module.__dict__.keys().
The concern with this enhancement is backwards compatibility. It is conceivable that some library's code would be broken with the different return value of dir(some_module). However, it seems unlikely that any code, other than tests, depends on the current behavior of dir(some_module). If __all__ is not defined in some_module, the old behavior is preserved. ---------- messages: 302404 nosy: codypiersall priority: normal pull_requests: 3631 severity: normal status: open title: Enhance dir(module) to be informed by __all__ by updating module.__dir__ type: enhancement versions: Python 3.7 _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <https://bugs.python.org/issue31503> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
