[Python-checkins] cpython (merge 3.4 -> 3.5): Issue #20769: Improve reload() docs. Patch by Dorian Pula.

robert.collins python-checkins at python.org
Tue Aug 4 22:32:37 CEST 2015


https://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/9fe1a440e4b8
changeset:   97252:9fe1a440e4b8
branch:      3.5
parent:      97248:e3f381a3423d
parent:      97251:33dfbb293892
user:        Robert Collins <rbtcollins at hp.com>
date:        Wed Aug 05 08:28:53 2015 +1200
summary:
  Issue #20769: Improve reload() docs. Patch by Dorian Pula.

files:
  Doc/library/importlib.rst |  10 +++++-----
  Misc/ACKS                 |   1 +
  Misc/NEWS                 |   2 ++
  3 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)


diff --git a/Doc/library/importlib.rst b/Doc/library/importlib.rst
--- a/Doc/library/importlib.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/importlib.rst
@@ -179,11 +179,11 @@
       except NameError:
           cache = {}
 
-   It is legal though generally not very useful to reload built-in or
-   dynamically loaded modules (this is not true for e.g. :mod:`sys`,
-   :mod:`__main__`, :mod:`builtins` and other key modules where reloading is
-   frowned upon). In many cases, however, extension modules are not designed to
-   be initialized more than once, and may fail in arbitrary ways when reloaded.
+   It is generally not very useful to reload built-in or dynamically loaded
+   modules.  Reloading :mod:`sys`, :mod:`__main__`, :mod:`builtins` and other
+   key modules is not recommended.  In many cases extension modules are not
+   designed to be initialized more than once, and may fail in arbitrary ways
+   when reloaded.
 
    If a module imports objects from another module using :keyword:`from` ...
    :keyword:`import` ..., calling :func:`reload` for the other module does not
diff --git a/Misc/ACKS b/Misc/ACKS
--- a/Misc/ACKS
+++ b/Misc/ACKS
@@ -1127,6 +1127,7 @@
 Donovan Preston
 Paul Price
 Iuliia Proskurnia
+Dorian Pula
 Jyrki Pulliainen
 Steve Purcell
 Eduardo Pérez
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -38,6 +38,8 @@
 Documentation
 -------------
 
+- Issue #20769: Improve reload() docs. Patch by Dorian Pula.
+
 - Issue #23589: Remove duplicate sentence from the FAQ.  Patch by Yongzhi Pan.
 
 - Issue #24729: Correct IO tutorial to match implementation regarding

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Repository URL: https://hg.python.org/cpython


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