Extend reportPrivateImportUsage to report use of symbols imported from private submodules in a "py.typed" library

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Discussed in #9004

^{Originally posted by Delgan September 16, 2024}
Hi.

I've read the docs about Library interface but I can't understand why isn't pyright reporting an error when I import private modules.

Consider first installing a third-party library like pydantic:

pip install pydantic==2.9.1

Then asking pyright to analyze the following file in "strict" mode:

# pyright: strict
import pydantic._migration

print(pydantic._migration.MOVED_IN_V2)

Because I'm importing and using _migration which is supposed to be a private module, I would expect an error such as reportPrivateUsage or reportPrivateImportUsage. However, the output is (for version 1.1.380):

0 errors, 0 warnings, 0 informations 

Is that intentional design? I understand that for unit tests within the library, it's preferable for library authors to be able to import a private module (and test some internal functions). But shouldn't this be forbidden for a library user?