Re: reloading code and multiprocessing

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Date	2012-07-24 00:15 +1000
Subject	Re: reloading code and multiprocessing
From	Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.python
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On Mon, Jul 23, 2012 at 11:51 PM, andrea crotti
<andrea.crotti.0@gmail.com> wrote:
> Anyway the only other problem which I found is that if I start the
> subprocesses after many other things are initialised, it might happen
> that the reloading doesn't work correctly, is that right?
>
> Because sys.modules will get inherited from the subprocesses and it
> will not reimport what has been already imported as far as I
> understood..
>
> So or I make sure I import everything only where it is needed or (and
> maybe better and more explicit) I remove manually from sys.modules all
> the modules that I want to reload, what do you think?

That would probably be correct. However, I still think you may be
fighting against the language instead of playing to its strengths.

I've never fiddled with sys.modules like that, but I know some have,
without problem.

ChrisA

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Re: reloading code and multiprocessing Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2012-07-24 00:15 +1000

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