under naming

[David Bear]

I must have missed reading something important about naming conventions.

I have found that if I have a python module where I have an identifier named
with a beginning underscore that I cannot use from module import * to make
that name available in another module.

for example,
module A

_myvar = 'a local var'

module B
from A import *

_myvar -- is not available.

Is this in a pep somewhere ?

--
David Bear
-- let me buy your intellectual property, I want to own your thoughts --

[Robert Kern]

Re: under naming

David Bear wrote:

I must have missed reading something important about naming conventions.
>
I have found that if I have a python module where I have an identifier named
with a beginning underscore that I cannot use from module import * to make
that name available in another module.
>
for example,
module A
>
_myvar = 'a local var'
>
module B
from A import *
>
_myvar -- is not available.
>
Is this in a pep somewhere ?

No; this has been a feature since before the time of PEPs. However, it is
documented here:

http://docs.python.org/ref/import.html

--
Robert Kern

"I have come to believe that the whole world is an enigma, a harmless enigma
that is made terrible by our own mad attempt to interpret it as though it had
an underlying truth."
-- Umberto Eco

[John Machin]

Re: under naming


David Bear wrote:

I must have missed reading something important about naming conventions.
>
I have found that if I have a python module where I have an identifier named
with a beginning underscore that I cannot use from module import * to make
that name available in another module.
>
for example,
module A
>
_myvar = 'a local var'
>
module B
from A import *
>
_myvar -- is not available.
>
Is this in a pep somewhere ?
>

http://www.python.org/doc/2.4.3/ref/import.html