re-importing modules

[Hamilton, William]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: python-list-bounces+whamil1=entergy.com at python.org
[mailto:python-
> list-bounces+whamil1=entergy.com at python.org] On Behalf Of John Nagle
> Sent: Monday, April 30, 2007 7:32 PM
> To: python-list at python.org
> Subject: Re: re-importing modules
> 
> kyosohma at gmail.com wrote:
> 
> >>In addition to the warning that reload() does not recursively reload
> >>modules that the reloaded module depends on, be warned that
reloading a
> >>module does not magically affect any functions or objects from the
old
> >>version that you may be holding on to.
> 
>     Maybe reloading modules should be deprecated.  The semantics
> are awful, and it interferes with higher-performance implementations.
> 

I'd rather it weren't, personally.  I'm using Python with a third-party
application that provides an interactive prompt.  Removing reload()
would mean spending a good three minutes waiting for the application to
restart any time I make the slightest change in a module supporting that
application.  


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-Bill Hamilton