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The Trouble with __all__
The trouble with __all__
In fact, most developers don’t bother signifying whether a function or class should be private or public, simply because Python doesn’t offer a good way to do so. I’ve seen a unicorn startup dump their existing codebase and start over because the modules within it became so tightly coupled together, it was impossible to effectively develop within it or break them apart. The ergonomics are different - instead of a runtime failure, we have a CLI command that we can add to CI, as a file watcher, or as a pre-commit hook.
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