# PEP 842: Module Exports (new revision)

**URL:** <https://discuss.python.org/t/pep-842-module-exports-new-revision/108460>\
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**Created:** [August 7, 2026, 4:54pm UTC](https://discuss.python.org/t/pep-842-module-exports-new-revision/108460 "2026-08-07T16:54:19Z")\
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**Post date:** [August 11, 2026, 2:42pm UTC](https://discuss.python.org/t/pep-842-module-exports-new-revision/108460/54 "2026-08-11T14:42:51Z")

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> [@davidism](#):
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> We have many classes where some attributes and methods should be public, and others private. For the most part, we did a good job in the past of

That is a separate issue, which we declared out of scope for this PEP. I encourage you to start a new PEP for that, it would be very interesting.

In TypeScript, for class attributes there’s a different policy (public by default) and a ‘private’ keyword.

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