[Tutor] How can I make Python Shell see new version of function subroutine?

[John Fouhy]

On 20/02/06, Kermit Rose <kermit at polaris.net> wrote:
> Why?    Is it because the windows copy and paste throws away the extra carriage returns?

Um --- could be.

Do you need to use copy and paste?  For instance, say all your
functions are in a file called "factorization.py".  In IDLE, you could
type "import factorization", and then you'll be able to call your
functions by typing things like "factorization.gcd(x, y)".

If you change the code, you can reload the module by using the
'reload' builtin function.

> I made changes to one of the function subroutines, and recopied that function to the shell
> and I put print statements in the new version of the function subroutine.
>
> None of the new print statements are printing.
>
> It's as if the old version is still runing.
>
> Is there anything short of closing the shell and re-opening it that I can do to fix this?

Have you tried restarting IDLE? The first thing to do would be to
verify that the problem is what you think it is (as opposed to a bug
in your code, for example).

--
John.