A beginner's problem...

[Mike Meyer]

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"James Martin" <sfyasha at POPworldnet.att.net> writes:
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> "Amir Dekel" <adekel at ort.org.il> wrote in message
> news:cpq6ov$q2s$1 at news.iucc.ac.il...
>> Hello everyone,
>> First, I have to say that Python is one of the coolest programing
>> languages I have seen.
>> And now for the problem (must be a silly one):
>> When I import a module I have wrote, and then I find bugs, it seems that
>> I can't import it again after a fix it. It always shows the same
>> problem. I try del module but it doesn't work.
>> (I use Python 2.4 with the ActivePython pack (PythonWin IDE)
>>
>> Solution anyone?
> Try deleting the Compiled Python File that was created during import -- 
> extension pyc.  Then import again.
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> It seems to me (I'm a novice too) that, when you import a module, Python
> automatically compiles it.  Then when you import it later, the compiled
> version is imported if it exists.

It compares the dates on the .py file with the .pyc file, and
recompiles the .py file if it's newer.

Doing a second import will find the module in sys.modules and not
bother looking in the file system. The solution is to reload(module)
instead of import module.

        <mike
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