modify a long-running python script while it is running?

[Kevin Yuan]

2005/12/20, Mike Meyer <mwm at mired.org>:
>
> Benjamin Rutt <rutt at bmi.osu.edu> writes:
> > I suppose this question could be reformatted as "does CPython read the
> > entire script file into memory and then close the file before
> > executing the script, making it safe for me to modify the script after
> > I know it has started?"[1]
>
> Yes, but (didn't you expect that?) it loads imported files when it
> first executes an import statement for them. Future import statements
> will just get a reference to the loaded module, and won't reload
> it.


I have a silly question: Can  *VERY*  large script cause memory overflow if
python load all the entire script file into memory?
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