On Wed, Dec 17, 2008 at 11:26 AM, Steven D'Aprano <st...@remove-this-cybersource.com.au> wrote: >> So I'd like to restructure my app so that it can stay running and stay >> logged in, yet I can still update and reload at least most of the code. >> But I'm not sure what's the best way to do this. Should I move the >> reloadable code into its own module, and then when I give my bot a >> "reload" command, have it call reload on that module? Will that work, >> and is there a better way? > > That should work for functions, but less successfully with classes. The > problem is that existing objects will still have the old behaviour even > after reloading the class.
You need to build a subscribe/unsubscribe facility. Or a plugin system :) My IRC/Jabber bot kdb uses such features and is capable of loading/unloading/reloading plugins on the fly. YOu're welcome to borrow some of it's code :) http://hg.softcircuit.com.au/projects/kdb/ cheers James -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
