If I have a file tester.py: class tryit: def __init__(self,mess): self.mess=mess def printit(self): print "this is", self.mess .. I can "import tester"and reload(tester) and I can get an updated "tryit" but if I "from tester import *" I can't get a reload of "tryit" to happen. What does the reloadline look like in that case???