Reloading modules into interpreter

[Stefan Schwarzer]

Hello Joe

jsnyder schrieb:
> Hello, I'm a newbie at Python and the solution to the following seems to
> escape me at the moment:
> 
> Running from Pythonwin, I am importing a module and then calling its method.
> Then I change the module code and run it again, but the old code still runs,
> not the new code.  The only way I have been able to get the new code is to
> shut down the interpreter, restart it and reimport the module.  Surely there
> is an easier way.

You may use
  reload(module)
if you earlier did
  import module

However, that would cause problems if some code had changed the module's
contents and relies on them.

Therefore, I use reload only for tests in the interactive interpreter.

Stefan