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limit module import to only certain symbols?

Say I have the following module named "mymodule"

import string
var1 = 'a'
var2 = 'b'

And I want to import its symbols into another script:

from mymodule import *

This will import 3 symbols (string, var1, var2)

Is it possible to limit it so that import * will only import specified
items? So that:

from mymodule import *

Would import only var1 and var2?

- Kevin

Jul 18 '05 #1
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"Kevin Howe" <kh***@perfnet.ca> writes:
Say I have the following module named "mymodule"

import string
var1 = 'a'
var2 = 'b'

And I want to import its symbols into another script:

from mymodule import *

This will import 3 symbols (string, var1, var2)

Is it possible to limit it so that import * will only import specified
items? So that:

from mymodule import *

Would import only var1 and var2?


You have to write

__all__ = ["var1", "var2"]

in your mymodule.

Thomas
Jul 18 '05 #2

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