Christophe wrote: > infidel a écrit : >>> I'm using the Windows version of Python and IDLE. When I debug my .py >>> file, my modification to the .py file does not seem to take effect >>> unless I restart IDLE. Saving the file and re-importing it doesn't help >>> either. Where's the problem? >> >> "import" only reads the file the first time it's called. Every import >> call after that looks up the module in memory. This is to prevent >> circular dependencies between modules from creating infinite loops. >> You need to use the reload() function: > > As a matter of fact, it would help a lot if that stupid behaviour of > Idle was dropped. I'm sure I'm not the only one who lost lots of time > because of that bug. Yes I call it a bug. You are mistaken if you think this is an Idle behavior; it is a Python behavior that speeds the execution of large systems.
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