from X import * , skip pydoc documentation

Question

I want to import * from module X into main module, but without importing X's documentation. Example:

# X.py
class Class:
    '''Surplus description'''
    ...

and the main:

# main.py
'''My only document'''
from X import *

Now pydoc main will show documentation from X and main, and I don't want X docs here

Related:

• https://stackoverflow.com/questions/13639847/python-pydocs-showing-imported-modules-from-nltk-cannot-remove-them

Answer 1

If you set the __all__ attribute, pydoc will only show objects listed there.