reloading modules and isinstance()

[Diez B. Roggisch]

Steven D'Aprano wrote:

> On Tue, 04 Dec 2007 15:41:48 +0100, Diez B. Roggisch wrote:
> 
>> You just discovered one reason why reload() is a bad idea and IMHO
>> shouldn't be used at all - as tempting it might be.
> 
> 
> I disagree -- I find reload() extremely useful for interactively testing
> modules. But I would never dream of using it in production code!

I find short scripts I write & start on the commandline much more helpful -
and if I need interactivity, throwing in a 

import pdb; pdb.set_trace()

or 

python -i <script>

do what I want. But I certainly don't have time to hunt down bugs introduced
by reloading in the first place...

YMMV - and it seems it does :)

Diez