[New-bugs-announce] [issue19413] Reload semantics changed unexpectedly in Python 3.3

[Eric Snow]

New submission from Eric Snow:

PJE brought up concerns on python-dev regarding PEP 451 and module reloading. [1]  However, the issue isn't with the PEP changing reload semantics (mostly).  Those actually changed with the switch to importlib (and a pure Python reload function) in the 3.3 release.

Nick sounded positive on fixing it, while Brett did not sound convinced it is worth it.  I'm +1 as long as it isn't too complicated to fix.  While we hash that out, here's a patch that hopefully demonstrates it isn't too complicated. :)

[1] https://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2013-October/129863.html

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components: Library (Lib)
files: reload-semantics.diff
keywords: patch
messages: 201407
nosy: brett.cannon, eric.snow, ncoghlan, pje
priority: normal
severity: normal
stage: patch review
status: open
title: Reload semantics changed unexpectedly in Python 3.3
type: behavior
versions: Python 3.3, Python 3.4
Added file: http://bugs.python.org/file32385/reload-semantics.diff

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