Danny Yoo wrote: > On Fri, 29 Dec 2006, linda.s wrote: > > >> I read something about reload of modules. >> #test.py >> from ABC import M # M is an attribute of Module ABC >> >> if I change module ABC, I need import ABC and reload ABC before "from >> ABC import M" work. in IDLE, I just click F5 and run the code, it works >> and does not need type anything like "Import ABC", "Reload(ABC)". Why >> the book say the two steps are needed? >> > > reload() is necessary if we don't re-run everything from scratch. > > When you're pressing F5 in IDLE, IDLE restarts the whole program, so in > that particular case, you don't need to worry about reload() at all. > Actually, if you have IDLE in the default setup on Windows and you right-click something to edit it, IDLE doesn't open a subprocess each time a script is executed, so it will keep the imports in between runs of the program. I.E. if I type "import math" into the IDLE interpreter, I can then make a file with the contents #---- start
print math.pi #----- end and it will work. just thought I'd mention that. > _______________________________________________ > Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor > > _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
