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Issue #17177: Update the programming FAQ to use importlib [#17177]

Brett Cannon brett@python.org
date	Fri, 14 Jun 2013 22:49:00 -0400
parents	68f8f9d0cebf
children	54ad15b3cb6a
files	Doc/faq/programming.rst
diffstat	1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)[+] [-] Doc/faq/programming.rst 10

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--- a/Doc/faq/programming.rst +++ b/Doc/faq/programming.rst @@ -1738,12 +1738,12 @@ When I edit an imported module and reimp For reasons of efficiency as well as consistency, Python only reads the module file on the first time a module is imported. If it didn't, in a program consisting of many modules where each one imports the same basic module, the -basic module would be parsed and re-parsed many times. To force rereading of a +basic module would be parsed and re-parsed many times. To force re-reading of a changed module, do this::

import imp

import importlib import modname

imp.reload(modname)

importlib.reload(modname)

Warning: this technique is not 100% fool-proof. In particular, modules containing statements like :: @@ -1755,10 +1755,10 @@ module contains class definitions, exist updated to use the new class definition. This can result in the following paradoxical behaviour:

import imp

import importlib import cls c = cls.C() # Create an instance of C

imp.reload(cls)

importlib.reload(cls) <module 'cls' from 'cls.py'> isinstance(c, cls.C) # isinstance is false?!? False