Dave Hansen a écrit : > On Fri, 02 Dec 2005 18:04:15 +0100 in comp.lang.python, Christophe > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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. > > > But, if you are editing a Python Module in Idle, and press F5 to run > the module, the interpreter is restarted for you. So what's the > problem? > > I would consider it a far greater problem if Idle _didn't_ do that -- > it could mean you module worked when you were debuggining it because > of some initialization that doesn't get performed in a clean start. > > Regards, > -=Dave >
Well, I'm happy to see that Idle now restarts the interpreter by default when you press F5. I guess I might consider using it again after all that time :) -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
