pre-edit stuff persists in a reloaded a module
Friedrich Rentsch
anthra.norell at bluewin.ch
Mon Oct 7 14:56:51 EDT 2019
On 10/5/19 1:48 PM, Friedrich Rentsch wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Python 2.7. I habitually work interactively in an Idle window.
> Occasionally I correct code, reload and find that edits fail to load.
> I understand that reloading is not guaranteed to reload everything,
> but I don't understand the exact mechanism and would appreciate some
> illumination. Right now I am totally bewildered, having deleted and
> garbage collected a module and an object, reloaded the module and
> remade the object and when I inspect the corrected source
> (inspect.getsource (Object.run)) I see the uncorrected source, which
> isn't even on the disk anymore. The command 'reload' correctly
> displays the name of the source, ending '.py', indicating that it
> recognizes the source being newer than the compile ending '.pyc'.
> After the reload, the pyc-file is newer, indicating that it has been
> recompiled. But the runtime error persist. So the recompile must have
> used the uncorrected old code. I could kill python with signal 15, but
> would prefer a targeted purge that doesn't wipe clean my Idle
> workbench. (I know I should upgrade to version 3. I will as soon as I
> get around to it. Hopefully that will fix the problem.)
>
> Thanks for comments
>
> Frederic
>
Closing the thread with thanks to all who responded, offering excellent
advice.
Frederic
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