(automatically) reloading changed modules into a running program

[Skip Montanaro]

    Thomas> I wrote a script which
    Thomas> - automatically reloads changed modules depending on their
    Thomas>   timestamp 
    Thomas> - updates existing objects in a running program: classes,
    Thomas>   functions, bound and unbound methods
    ...
    Thomas> Eventually I plan to submit it into the Python Cookbook.

Thomas,

I think your autoreload module is a great idea, but probably not Python
Cookbook material.  Instead I suggest you put it up somewhere and list it in
the Vaults of Parnassus.  My view of the Python Cookbook is that people go
there to find little snippets of code that explain how to do particular
things.  Your code looks more-or-less like a complete module that solves a
specific problem.  It isn't so much instructive (Python Cookbook material)
as useful (Vaults of Parnassus material).

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Skip Montanaro (skip at pobox.com - http://www.mojam.com/)
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