Quick Python: __all__
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Anything that is defined inside a package that is imported is also brought into that workspace. So for example, if package A
uses numpy
and you import A
, then A.numpy
will be shown in your workspace. In order to limit the variables exported, you can define the ones you want to be shown in a variable called __all__
.
Inside your package test.py
hidden_variable = 5
shown_variable = 2
__all__ = ['shown_variable']
Then if you open the standard Python REPL and import test
, only the variable shown_variable
will be seen.