Imagine a Python script that will take a long time to run, what will happen if I modify it while it’s running? Will the result be different?
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Imagine a Python script that will take a long time to run, what will happen if I modify it while it’s running? Will the result be different?
Nothing, because Python precompiles your script into a PYC file and launches that.
However, if some kind of exception occurs, you may get a slightly misleading explanation, because line X may have different code than before you started the script.