[issue19812] reload() by symbol name

[Brett Cannon]

Brett Cannon added the comment:

As Victor pointed out, this is not really feasible at the object level. You can work your way back up to reload a whole module, but it won't update the object you passed in, which is just going to confuse users.

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nosy: +brett.cannon
resolution:  -> rejected
status: open -> closed
versions:  -Python 2.7

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