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Reimport a module in python while interactive

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This should work:

reload(my.module)

From the Python docs

Reload a previously imported module. The argument must be a module object, so it must have been successfully imported before. This is useful if you have edited the module source file using an external editor and want to try out the new version without leaving the Python interpreter.

piquadrat 2009-08-10 11:29:12

thanks!________

Stefano Borini 2009-08-10 11:32:58

**Don't forget the caveats of using this method** : When a module is reloaded, its dictionary (containing the module’s global variables) **is retained** . Redefinitions of names will override the old definitions, so this is generally not a problem. If the new version of a module does not define a name that was defined by the old version, the old definition remains.

nosklo 2009-08-10 12:40:04

**Don't forget the caveats of using this method** : If a module imports objects from another module using `from ... import ...`, calling `reload()` for the other module **does not redefine the objects imported from it** — one way around this is to re-execute the `from` statement, another is to use `import` and qualified names (`module.*name*`) instead.

nosklo 2009-08-10 12:40:42

**Don't forget the caveats of using this method** : If a module instantiates instances of a class, reloading the module that defines the class **does not affect the method definitions of the instances** — they **continue to use the *old* class definition**. The same is true for derived classes.

nosklo 2009-08-10 12:41:16

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