<p>Other than for <code>__init__.py</code> files, do the leading and trailing double underscores have any significance in a file name? For example, is <code>__model__.py</code> in any way more significant than <code>model.py</code>?</p>

<p>Double underscores in filenames other than <code>__init__.py</code> and <code>__main__.py</code> have no significance to Python itself, but frameworks may use them to indicate/identify various things.</p>

Significance of double underscores in Python filename

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Double underscores in filenames other than __init__.py and __main__.py have no significance to Python itself, but frameworks may use them to indicate/identify various things.