Sign Up to our social questions and Answers Engine to ask questions, answer people’s questions, and connect with other people.
Login to our social questions & Answers Engine to ask questions answer people’s questions & connect with other people.
Lost your password? Please enter your email address. You will receive a link and will create a new password via email.
Please briefly explain why you feel this question should be reported.
Please briefly explain why you feel this answer should be reported.
Please briefly explain why you feel this user should be reported.
I have been wondering about the reload() function in python, which seems like it can lead to problems if used without care.
Why would you want to reload a module, rather than just stop/start python again?
I imagine one application might be to test changes to a module interactively.
reload is useful for reloading code that may have changed in a Python module. Usually this means a plugin system.
Take a look at this link:
http://www.codexon.com/posts/a-better-python-reload
It will tell you the shortcomings of reload and a possible fix.