Path: csiph.com!x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net!usenet.pasdenom.info!news.albasani.net!feeder.news-service.com!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed6.news.xs4all.nl!xs4all!post.news.xs4all.nl!not-for-mail
Return-Path: <python-python-list@m.gmane.org>
X-Original-To: python-list@python.org
Delivered-To: python-list@mail.python.org
X-Spam-Status: OK 0.001
X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 1.00; '*S*': 0.00; 'terry': 0.07; 'tests,': 0.07; 'namespace': 0.09; 'received:80.91': 0.09; 'received:80.91.229': 0.09; 'received:80.91.229.12': 0.09; 'received:gmane.org': 0.09; 'received:list': 0.09; 'received:lo.gmane.org': 0.09; 'pm,': 0.11; 'modify': 0.14; 'wrote:': 0.14; 'monkeys': 0.16; 'reedy': 0.16; 'subject:delete': 0.16; 'adequate': 0.19; 'jan': 0.22; 'header:In-Reply-To:1': 0.22; 'modification': 0.23; 'possible,': 0.25; 'changes': 0.29; 'import': 0.32; 'to:addr:python-list': 0.32; 'module': 0.33; 'test': 0.33; 'header:X-Complaints-To:1': 0.34; 'header:User- Agent:1': 0.35; 'should': 0.37; 'delete': 0.38; 'received:org': 0.38; 'to:addr:python.org': 0.39; 'header:Mime-Version:1': 0.39; 'how': 0.39; 'header:Received:5': 0.40; 'best': 0.60; 'banner': 0.80; 'restart': 0.84
X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/
To: python-list@python.org
From: Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu>
Subject: Re: delete namespaces
Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2011 00:57:12 -0400
References: <UtydnQbv7-6IGQ_QnZ2dnUVZ_hWdnZ2d@insightbb.com>
Mime-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: rain.gmane.org
User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.2.15) Gecko/20110303 Lightning/1.0b2 Thunderbird/3.1.9
In-Reply-To: <UtydnQbv7-6IGQ_QnZ2dnUVZ_hWdnZ2d@insightbb.com>
X-BeenThere: python-list@python.org
X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.12
Precedence: list
List-Id: General discussion list for the Python programming language <python-list.python.org>
List-Unsubscribe: <http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-list>, <mailto:python-list-request@python.org?subject=unsubscribe>
List-Archive: <http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-list>
List-Post: <mailto:python-list@python.org>
List-Help: <mailto:python-list-request@python.org?subject=help>
List-Subscribe: <http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list>, <mailto:python-list-request@python.org?subject=subscribe>
Newsgroups: comp.lang.python
Message-ID: <mailman.7.1301461050.2990.python-list@python.org>
Lines: 17
NNTP-Posting-Host: 82.94.164.166
X-Trace: 1301461050 news.xs4all.nl 81473 [::ffff:82.94.164.166]:33908
X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl
Xref: x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net comp.lang.python:2209

On 3/29/2011 9:14 PM, monkeys paw wrote:
> How do i delete a module namespace once it has been imported?
>
> I use
>
> import banner
>
> Then i make a modification to banner.py. When i import it again,
> the new changes are not reflected.

The best thing, if possible, is to restart the program.
If you develop banner.py with adequate tests, you will want to restart 
the test anyway, and you should not need to modify much thereafter.

-- 
Terry Jan Reedy