From: Serhiy Storchaka Date: Thu, 5 Feb 2026 18:06:33 +0000 (+0200) Subject: gh-74955: Document that __all__ must contain strings in normalization form NFKC ... X-Git-Tag: v3.15.0a6~63 X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=c81e1843d4bc0a51cf4f77d19b5ac4e49f714a0d;p=thirdparty%2FPython%2Fcpython.git gh-74955: Document that __all__ must contain strings in normalization form NFKC (GH-144504) --- diff --git a/Doc/reference/simple_stmts.rst b/Doc/reference/simple_stmts.rst index 643ca1065483..36b30c9b16b0 100644 --- a/Doc/reference/simple_stmts.rst +++ b/Doc/reference/simple_stmts.rst @@ -831,7 +831,9 @@ where the :keyword:`import` statement occurs. The *public names* defined by a module are determined by checking the module's namespace for a variable named ``__all__``; if defined, it must be a sequence -of strings which are names defined or imported by that module. The names +of strings which are names defined or imported by that module. +Names containing non-ASCII characters must be in the `normalization form`_ +NFKC; see :ref:`lexical-names-nonascii` for details. The names given in ``__all__`` are all considered public and are required to exist. If ``__all__`` is not defined, the set of public names includes all names found in the module's namespace which do not begin with an underscore character @@ -865,6 +867,8 @@ determine dynamically the modules to be loaded. .. audit-event:: import module,filename,sys.path,sys.meta_path,sys.path_hooks import +.. _normalization form: https://www.unicode.org/reports/tr15/#Norm_Forms + .. _future: Future statements