New submission from samwyse <samw...@gmail.com>: Every time IDLE is asked to run a program, it doesn't ensure that the modules referenced by the program are completely loaded. This can cause problems if one of those modules is also being edited, because once it is loaded, any subsequent changes are not compiled and re-loaded. PyUnit faced a similar problem and solved it with a custom importer (http://pyunit.sourceforge.net/notes/reloading.html). Ideally, the custom importer would be used in two places: The obvious choice is when a program is run, unloading when it returns. The less obvious is when the Python Shell window is opened, since import statements can be run from there as well. Closing that window should cause all such imports to be unloaded. Of course, care must be taken to insure that all run commands are properly nested within the lifetime of a shell window.
---------- components: IDLE messages: 89593 nosy: samwyse severity: normal status: open title: Reload Python modules when running programs type: feature request versions: Python 3.0 _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue6321> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
