__All__ Is a Sacred Space and You Murderous Goblins Are All Profaning It

python

Let me spell something out for you trickster-meanies:

# HELLO I AM thingy.py
__all__ = [X, Y, Z]

X = True
Y = True
Z = True

Reasonable, right?

>>> from thingy import *
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
  File "/Users/scheirer/thingy.py", line 1, in <module>
    __all__ = [X, Y, Z]
NameError: name 'X' is not defined

Python is older than my son (who is 3) and yet you abuse it. You monsters. You goblins. You haters. You fuckerinos.

Look: __all__ is a list of GOD DAMN STRING IDENTIFIERS, NOT ACTUAL OBJECTS, AND IT INFORMS A PATTERN YOU RIGHTFULLY DON’T USE BECAUSE YOU NEVER SEE THAT NameError.

__all__ is ['X', 'Y', 'Z'] and not your list of variable names, it’s your list of export names.

__all__ is, and has always been, a list of STRINGS to be exported from your idiot module into your idiot notebook.

Oh my god my irrational hate has fueled in me a series of topics I care to “engage” about (COMMENTS DISABLED).