We import certain functions/classes/etc. in spinedb_api.__init__ so client code can import that stuff more easily, e.g. use from spinedb_api import DatabaseMapping instead of from spinedb_api.db_mapping import DatabaseMapping.
We do not want everything to be available in __init__.py so what should we import there? Some ideas from the developer meeting:
Core classes/functions:
Things that are specifically mentioned in the API reference
Discussed in the developer meeting 2024-04-09.
We import certain functions/classes/etc. in
spinedb_api.__init__so client code can import that stuff more easily, e.g. usefrom spinedb_api import DatabaseMappinginstead offrom spinedb_api.db_mapping import DatabaseMapping.We do not want everything to be available in
__init__.pyso what should we import there? Some ideas from the developer meeting:spinedb_api.filters