This is probably one of those cases where I've missed something obvious, but shouldn't it be sufficient for xreload() to use reload() to perform the central step of running the code in the cleared module dictionary?
There doesn't seem to be any reason to emulate all that reload() machinery, and it would then work for any and all importers (not to mention chopping out a bunch of code). I'm also not clear on why the module dictionary even needs to be cleared, though it seems reasonable enough. However, *not* clearing it would allow modules to be written so as to accomodate not clearing global data structures during reloading, by checking whether the structure already exists. Btw, the _update() function looks like a great place to use that wonderful generic function prototype of Guido's, since it would allow developers to add extra reloading support for specialty objects, such as say, interfaces. ;-) _______________________________________________ Python-3000 mailing list Python-3000@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-3000 Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-3000/archive%40mail-archive.com
