Python: ‘Private’ module in a package

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I prefix private modules with an underscore to communicate the intent to the user. In your case, this would be mypack._mod_b

This is in the same spirit (but not completely analogous to) the PEP8 recommendation to name C-extension modules with a leading underscore when it’s wrapped by a Python module; i.e., _socket and socket.

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