pre-edit stuff persists in a reloaded a module
Terry Reedy
tjreedy at udel.edu
Sat Oct 5 12:54:12 EDT 2019
On 10/5/2019 10:24 AM, Friedrich Rentsch wrote:
> Thank you, Peter. I guess, then, that not only 'inspect', but the
> compiler as well reads source off the line cache and clearing the latter
> would make 'reload' work as expected. Are there other snags lurking,
> that you advise against using 'reload'?
Existing references to objects may continue to refer to old versions
after loading new definitions. I never use reload.
> What are the alternatives for
> developing iteratively, alternating between running and editing?
IDLE used properly is great for this. Edit and hit F5 to save and run.
I personally recommend changing the Option Settings General tab 'At
Start of Run (F5)' to (*) No Prompt. Note that if you get an exception
(in the Shell), right click on appropriate line of the traceback and
click 'Goto File/line' to go to the line in the editor.
And IDLE (and Python) for 3.7+ has multiple improvements over IDLE for
2.7, so unless you need to specifically edit 2.7 code, do upgrade.
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Terry Jan Reedy
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