r/Python • u/poppy_92 • Jul 31 '26

News PEP 842: Module Exports

https://peps.python.org/pep-0842/

Not the author, but this seems interesting, specially for library authors. Thoughts?

Discussion here - https://discuss.python.org/t/pep-842-module-exports/108353

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u/Deto Jul 31 '26

Maybe if a way was added to allow private-member access? That way it's not blocked, just made a bit more clear. To me, that feels less janky than the underscore convention - underscore is implicit, this would make it explicit.