> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:python- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of John Nagle > Sent: Monday, April 30, 2007 7:32 PM > To: python-list@python.org > Subject: Re: re-importing modules > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > >>In addition to the warning that reload() does not recursively reload > >>modules that the reloaded module depends on, be warned that reloading a > >>module does not magically affect any functions or objects from the old > >>version that you may be holding on to. > > Maybe reloading modules should be deprecated. The semantics > are awful, and it interferes with higher-performance implementations. >
I'd rather it weren't, personally. I'm using Python with a third-party application that provides an interactive prompt. Removing reload() would mean spending a good three minutes waiting for the application to restart any time I make the slightest change in a module supporting that application. --- -Bill Hamilton -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
