import sys
def public(f):
""""Use a decorator to avoid retyping function/class names.
* Based on an idea by Duncan Booth:
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/msg/11cbb03e09611b8a
* Improved via a suggestion by Dave Angel:
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/msg/3d400fb22d8a42e1
"""
all = sys.modules[f.__module__].__dict__.setdefault('__all__', [])
if f.__name__ not in all: # Prevent duplicates if run from an IDE.
all.append(f.__name__)
return f
public(public) # Emulate decorating ourself