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Robert Collins added the comment: Thanks for the patch. Applied to 3.4/3.5/3.6 as well. -- resolution: -> fixed stage: commit review -> resolved status: open -> closed ___ Python tracker __

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Roundup Robot added the comment: New changeset 33dfbb293892 by Robert Collins in branch '3.4': Issue #20769: Improve reload() docs. Patch by Dorian Pula. https://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/33dfbb293892 New changeset 9fe1a440e4b8 by Robert Collins in branch '3.5': Issue #20769: Improve reload() do

[issue20769] Reload() description is unclear

Roundup Robot added the comment: New changeset cfd768814ca3 by Robert Collins in branch '2.7': Issue #20769: Improve reload() docs. Patch by Dorian Pula. https://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/cfd768814ca3 -- nosy: +python-dev ___ Python tracker

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Robert Collins added the comment: 2.7 side applied. -- ___ Python tracker ___ ___ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: https://

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Robert Collins added the comment: 24081 invalidates half the patch, but the other half still applies. -- nosy: +rbcollins versions: +Python 3.4, Python 3.6 ___ Python tracker ___

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Brett Cannon added the comment: Patch LGTM. -- stage: -> commit review ___ Python tracker ___ ___ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsub

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Dorian Pula added the comment: Attached patches with proposed change to the documentation to make the description clearer. Please review and comment. -- nosy: +dorianpula ___ Python tracker __

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Changes by Dorian Pula : Added file: http://bugs.python.org/file39020/reload_builtin_functions_doc_py_2_7_fix.patch ___ Python tracker ___ __

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Changes by Dorian Pula : -- keywords: +patch versions: +Python 3.5 Added file: http://bugs.python.org/file39019/reload_importlib_doc_py_3_5_fix.patch ___ Python tracker ___

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R. David Murray added the comment: The python3 docs say: "It is legal though generally not very useful to reload built-in or dynamically loaded modules (this is not true for e.g. sys, __main__, builtins and other key modules where reloading is frowned upon)." So, it is the former...sort of.

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Changes by R. David Murray : -- Removed message: http://bugs.python.org/msg212197 ___ Python tracker ___ ___ Python-bugs-list mailing

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R. David Murray added the comment: The python3 docs say: It is legal though generally not very useful to reload built-in or dynamically loaded modules (this is not true for e.g. sys, __main__, builtins and other key modules where reloading is frowned upon). "So, it is the former...sort of. Y

[issue20769] Reload() description is unclear

New submission from Roy Smith: http://docs.python.org/2/library/functions.html#reload says: It is legal though generally not very useful to reload built-in or dynamically loaded modules, except for sys, __main__ and __builtin__. It is unclear what the "except for ..." part is referring to. Is