You missed that it's a work in progress. I'll come back to it at some point.
On 3/16/07, Phillip J. Eby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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/guido%40python.org > -- --Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/) _______________________________________________ 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
