The class should be called Coverage

1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/coverage/__init__.py b/coverage/__init__.py
index 193b7a10..18e3b6f4 100644
--- a/coverage/__init__.py
+++ b/coverage/__init__.py
@@ -7,11 +7,14 @@ http://nedbatchelder.com/code/coverage
 
 from coverage.version import __version__, __url__
 
-from coverage.control import coverage, process_startup
+from coverage.control import Coverage, process_startup
 from coverage.data import CoverageData
 from coverage.cmdline import main, CoverageScript
 from coverage.misc import CoverageException
 
+# Backward compatibility.
+coverage = Coverage
+
 # Module-level functions.  The original API to this module was based on
 # functions defined directly in the module, with a singleton of the coverage()
 # class.  That design hampered programmability, so the current api uses