[New-bugs-announce] [issue10194] Add gc.remap() function to the gc module.

[Peter Ingebretson]

New submission from Peter Ingebretson <pingebre at yahoo.com>:

This patch implements the gc.remap() function as described in the following document:

http://doublestar.org/in-place-python-reloading/

The intended use is an enhanced module reloading mechanism, a prototype of which is described here:

http://doublestar.org/python-hot-loading-prototype/

The patch includes unit tests for gc.remap as well as documentation.  The NEWS has a TODO where the issue number would be, which needs to be updated.  The unit test suite has been run on Ubuntu 10.10 and Windows XP.

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components: Extension Modules
files: python_remap.diff
keywords: patch
messages: 119582
nosy: pingebretson
priority: normal
severity: normal
status: open
title: Add gc.remap() function to the gc module.
type: feature request
versions: Python 3.2
Added file: http://bugs.python.org/file19361/python_remap.diff

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