I've found a way to better address what I was trying to do in my application without using reload(). So this question is not really pertinent any more, at least to me ;) I'd still like to know the answer out of curiosity though...why reload() behaves differently when in the frozen state.
Sorry for the distraction! On Mon, Nov 8, 2010 at 8:25 PM, dhyams <[email protected]> wrote: > I have an application where I'm trying to support plugins that the > user can change at any time. The plugins are simply python modules. > So I do this when I want to import one, to ensure that I have the > latest version of the module loaded: > > mdl = __import__(m) > mdl = reload(mdl) > > (if there is a better way, please let me know! ;)) > > This seems to work fine when I just run the script with python. > However, after I package w/ pyinstaller, the reload() doesn't behave > like I thought it would. Basically, if I print mdl.__dict__ just > after the __import__ call above, I get > > __co__ > name > __builtins__ > evaluate > __file__ > equation > __package__ > latexequation > initialize > __name__ > __doc__ > > Which is correct. But after the reload call, mdl.__dict__ is > > __name__ > __file__ > __doc__ > __package__ > > Basically, all of my functions disappeared. When we call reload() in > a frozen executable, are we getting the built-in version, or the > version supplied by iu.py in pyinstaller? > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "PyInstaller" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<pyinstaller%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/pyinstaller?hl=en. > > -- Daniel Hyams [email protected] -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "PyInstaller" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/pyinstaller?hl=en.
