load changes of subclasses

[Gerrit Holl]

Tom wrote:
> Date: Tue, 23 Sep 2003 16:56:55 +0200
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I have a main program  that uses a lot of definitions in different classes.
> They are included like this:
> from subclass1 import *
> from subclass2 import *

Note that 'subclass1' and 'subclass2' are not classes, but modules. A
class is created with the 'class' statement:

class MyClass:
    def method(self):
        return "Hi there!"

A module is a file in the library.

> My problem is: whenever I make changes in one of the classes I have to 
> close and reopen the main program for the changes to take effect. This 
> is kind of annoying, because I always want to test if my changes are 
> correct and that's why I have to run the main program. Is there some 
> kind of a shortcut where I don't have to close and reopen the main program?

You can use the reload() function for that:
>>> print reload.__doc__
  reload(module) -> module

  Reload the module.  The module must have been successfully imported before.

> I hope this question is not too stupid, but I am still quite new to Python.

Stupid questions do not exist (hm, my first post here makes me think otherwise),
stupid answers do, so:

I hope this answer is not too stupid, but I am not a Computer Scientist.

yours,
Gerrit.

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