IDLE confusion

[Christophe]

Claudio Grondi a écrit :
> MrBlueSky wrote:
> 
>> Hi, I'm trying to use IDLE to develop My First Python App and my head
>> hurts...
>>
>> I've a file called spalvi.py with this in it:
>>     from Test import *
>>     firstTest("Mike")
>>
>> And a file called Test.py with this in it:
>>     def firstTest(name):
>>         print "Yo",name
>>
>> I open spalvi.py with IDLE and Run it.  It says "Yo Mike".
>> I use the File menu to open Test.py and change the message from "Yo" to
>> "Hi".
>> I Run it again.... it still says "Yo Mike"  :-(
>> I close everything down, open spalvi.py with IDLE and Run it again.  It
>> says "Hi Mike".
>>
>> So I'm obviously not using IDLE in the "right" way.  But what *is* the
>> "right" way, when you're trying to develop using several source files?
>>
>> John
>>
> You need some deeper understanding of what import does and what happens 
> when you import again (after the library files have changed).
> Try in the IDLE menu [Shell] "Restart Shell" (Ctrl+F6) each time you 
> have changed something in your files - this "resets" anything previously 
> imported, which stays the same way otherwise.
> 
> Claudio

And I though that "bug" was fixed already :) Try to use something else 
than IDLE for your code editing. Use Scite for example.

http://www.scintilla.org/SciTE.html