Thadeus> Web2py models/controllers/views are EXECUTED not IMPORTED.
Sorry, I've been using Python for 15 years but haven't seen this distinction
before. What do you mean "executed not imported"? If I edit some file does
web2py notice the change in timestamp then execfile(...) it or reload(...)
it? What about classes defined in those files? Are existing instances
somehow brought up-to-date? What about files imported in a view? (I
noticed somewhere along the way that the syntax to import a file in a view
is pretty inscrutable. I would almost certainly never remember it and have
to look it up. I think it involved the exec statement. Is it obscure on
purpose?)
What about if I change the database schema in some way which makes the
existing content incompatible with the new schema, say, by adding a new
column name with notnull=True?
More generally, where can I read about limitations in this read-and-continue
environment?
Thadeus> In any case, web2py files are just python files stored on the
Thadeus> filesystem... you can edit them like you edit any other
Thadeus> programming languages files. You don't have to use the web2py
Thadeus> admin!!!!
Right, I understand that completely. I am/was concerned about the running
web2py noticing changes.
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