On 9/29/07, Joseph Maurer <clarkksv@yahoo.com> wrote:
I'd like to see the reload feature of Python enhanced so it can replace the methods for existing class instances, references to methods, and references to functions.
Guido did some work on this (as xreload) for Py3K, but gave up for the moment. In the meantime, you can sometimes get a bit closer with indirection. Instead of from othermod import anobject # won't notice if anobject is replaced later use import othermod ... othermod.anobject # always looks up the current anobject That said, subclasses and existing instances generally don't use indirection, because it is slower; replacing bound methods will almost certainly always require at least the moral equivalanent of reloading the dialog after reloading the module. -jJ