On Thu, Sep 22, 2011 at 2:47 PM, Andrew Berg <bahamutzero8...@gmail.com> wrote: > This makes me wonder what else stays around after a reload and what side > effects there are, though. I would really like to purge everything from > the previous import. The main program has no dependence on the module > whatsoever. >
On-the-fly reloading of modules isn't really one of Python's strengths. Everyone who asks about it seems to be doing rapid development/debugging and wanting to save on startup time (as opposed to, say, running a server and updating code in it while it's active and serving clients), so the question becomes: Which is more of a problem, startup delay or the risk that it's not the same as a clean start? Python doesn't guarantee that your debugging session is going to be useful - if you reload that module and weird things happen, it could be because of reload(), not because of a module bug. Ranting Rick will probably expect me to mention Pike here, but I won't. Muahahahaha..... oh. I just did. Oh well! ChrisA -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
