Forgetting an import

[HMS Surprise]

I imported a set of functions from a file I wrote to interpreter
shell:

from myFile import *

Now if I change functions in this file how can I make python forget it
so I can force a fresh import?

thanx,

jh

[Larry Bates]

Re: Forgetting an import

HMS Surprise wrote:

I imported a set of functions from a file I wrote to interpreter
shell:
>
from myFile import *
>
Now if I change functions in this file how can I make python forget it
so I can force a fresh import?
>
thanx,
>
jh
>

While there may be ways of doing this, I have found that you are much
better off opening another window and run your script from the bare
OS. It will help you catch problems that you may miss in the
interpreter shell. It also solves this problem completely.

-Larry

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Re: Forgetting an import

HMS Surprise schrieb:

I imported a set of functions from a file I wrote to interpreter
shell:
>
from myFile import *
>
Now if I change functions in this file how can I make python forget it
so I can force a fresh import?

I think you are looking for reload(). But don't forget to check its
documentation, there may be some caveats.
<http://docs.python.org/lib/built-in-funcs.html>

--
René

[kyosohma@gmail.com]

Re: Forgetting an import

On Jun 12, 11:36 am, HMS Surprise <j...@datavoice int.comwrote:

I imported a set of functions from a file I wrote to interpreter
shell:
>
from myFile import *
>
Now if I change functions in this file how can I make python forget it
so I can force a fresh import?
>
thanx,
>
jh

If you did an import FunctionName, then you could use the "reload"
built-in. Otherwise, I think you'll just have to restart the shell.

<code>
import FunctionName
# do something
# reload FunctionName after editing it
reload(Function Name)
</code>

Mike

[Miki]

Re: Forgetting an import

Hello,

I imported a set of functions from a file I wrote to interpreter
shell:
>
from myFile import *
>
Now if I change functions in this file how can I make python forget it
so I can force a fresh import?

"import *" is evil for many reasons, this is one of them :)

>>import my_module
>>my_module.add (1, 1)

4
[Hack]

>>reload(my_mod ule)

<module 'my_module' from '/tmp/my_module.py'>

>>my_module.add (1, 1)

2

HTH,
--
Miki <miki.tebeka@gm ail.com>

http://pythonwise.blogspot.com

[HMS Surprise]

Re: Forgetting an import

Thanks for the reloads folks. This is a big help as I am running a
jython based tool (maxq) and re-starting takes awhile.

Can't seem to make reload work using the form "from dvTime
import ...". So I am prefacing my calls with the module name now.


thanx,
jh

[Gabriel Genellina]

Re: Forgetting an import

En Tue, 12 Jun 2007 15:03:18 -0300, HMS Surprise <john@datavoice int.com>
escribió:

Thanks for the reloads folks. This is a big help as I am running a
jython based tool (maxq) and re-starting takes awhile.
>
Can't seem to make reload work using the form "from dvTime
import ...". So I am prefacing my calls with the module name now.

This is one of the problems with reload. In that case you would need to
reload(dvTime) and then re-import all the functions. Using module.function
avoids that particular problem, as you have noticed.
With classes it gets worse: any previously created instances will still be
instances of the *old* class. I think that there are some recipes in the
Python Cookbook about this problem.

--
Gabriel Genellina