[Zope3-dev] Re: __all__ for zope.schema

[Tres Seaver]

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Fernando Correa wrote:
> Hi
> 
> I was just wondering if it would be interesting to have a __all__ list
> just like zope.interface has.
> This would be cool for someone (like me :-) ) that is trying to get
> all the usable Fields that zope.schema provides.
> 
> code:
> 
>>>> import zope.interface
>>>> zope.interface.__all__
> ('Interface', 'Attribute', 'implements', 'directlyProvidedBy',
> 'classImplementsOnly', 'implementsOnly', 'moduleProvides',
> 'alsoProvides', 'directlyProvides', 'implementer', 'implementedBy',
> 'noLongerProvides', 'Declaration', 'providedBy', 'classProvides',
> 'classImplements')
>>>> import zope.schema
>>>> zope.schema.__all__
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>  File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?
> AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute '__all__'
>>>>
> 
> I just think that similar approach would give a better index for the
> package.

- -1, mostly becuase '__all__' is primarily intended to support the
'import *' misfeature in Python;  any change which encourages 'from
zope.schema import *' cannot be the Right Thing (TM).


Tres.
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