open-telemetry / open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python

Define a way to indicate non-end-user available symbols and private class symbols

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    It looks like the `_ExponentialBucketHistogramAggregation` is reading/setting these fields. Since it's already in `_internal`, I think we can should make these public properties to make it clear that these are being modified from outside of this class

Originally posted by @aabmass in https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python/pull/2964#discussion_r1049979361

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Start by locating _ExponentialBucketHistogramAggregation and the referenced fields in the _internal package. Clarify how the project should distinguish non-end-user symbols from private class symbols, then confirm the agreed mechanism is applied consistently to the affected symbols.

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Tech stack
python
Domain
observability-sre
Issue type
Feature
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5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
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Stale
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Needs clarification
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