[Tutor] about reload

[Danny Yoo]

On Fri, 29 Dec 2006, linda.s wrote:

> I read something about reload of modules.
> #test.py
> from ABC import M # M is an attribute of Module ABC
>
> if I change module ABC, I need import ABC and reload ABC before "from 
> ABC import M" work. in IDLE, I just click F5 and run the code, it works 
> and does not need type anything like "Import ABC", "Reload(ABC)". Why 
> the book say the two steps are needed?

reload() is necessary if we don't re-run everything from scratch.

When you're pressing F5 in IDLE, IDLE restarts the whole program, so in 
that particular case, you don't need to worry about reload() at all.