On Oct 24, 2:23 pm, Robert Dailey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > I'm currently using boost::python::import() to import Python modules, > so I'm not sure exactly which Python API function it is calling to > import these files. I posted to the Boost.Python mailing list with > this question and they said I'd probably get a better answer here, so > here it goes... > > If I do the following: > > using namespace boost::python; > import( "__main__" ).attr( "new_global" ) = 40.0f; > import( "__main__" ).attr( "another_global" ) = 100.0f: > > Notice that I'm importing twice. What would be the performance > consequences of this? Do both import operations query the disk for the > module and load it into memory? Will the second call simply reference > a cached version of the module loaded at the first import() call? > > Thanks.
Docs: Note For efficiency reasons, each module is only imported once per interpreter session. Therefore, if you change your modules, you must restart the interpreter – or, if it’s just one module you want to test interactively, use reload(), e.g. reload(modulename). -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
