Description
import matplotlib
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RcParams
Verbose
__builtins__
__doc__
__file__
__name__
__package__
__path__
__version__
__version__numpy__
_create_tmp_config_dir
_deprecated_ignore_map
_deprecated_map
_get_configdir
_get_data_path
_get_data_path_cached
_get_home
_havedate
_is_writable_dir
_python24
_required
_use_error_msg
ascii
byte2str
cbook
checkdep_dvipng
checkdep_ghostscript
checkdep_inkscape
checkdep_pdftops
checkdep_ps_distiller
checkdep_tex
checkdep_usetex
checkdep_xmllint
colors
compare_versions
compat
converter
dateutil
default
defaultParams
default_test_modules
distutils
expected_version
fontconfig_pattern
found_version
get_backend
get_configdir
get_data_path
get_example_data
get_home
get_py2exe_datafiles
interactive
is_interactive
is_string_like
key
major
matplotlib_fname
minor1
minor2
numpy
os
print_function
pyparsing
rc
rcParams
rcParamsDefault
rcParamsOrig
rc_context
rc_file
rc_file_defaults
rc_params
rc_params_from_file
rcdefaults
rcsetup
re
s
shutil
subprocess
sys
tempfile
test
tk_window_focus
tmp
use
validate_backend
validate_toolbar
verbose
warnings
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This is a mess; from the user's standpoint there are some useful things in there, but they are hard to identify among all the detritus from the startup process. And then there is the bewildering rc conglomeration. Maybe that should be treated separately.
I'm not sure whether cleaning this up requires one or more MEPs, but it probably does require some strategic thinking, so I am starting this with a MEP tag.
As a first shot, maybe all that is required is a bunch of del commands sprinkled throughout init.py. Or, every variable and module that needs to be deleted could be given a unique prefix, or added to a list, and then all could be deleted at the end.
Alternatively, leading underscores could be used aggressively so that at least when using ipython tab completion, only names that are intended to be part of the public API would appear.