[ python-Bugs-1218234 ] inspect.getsource doesn't update when a module is reloaded

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Bugs item #1218234, was opened at 2005-06-10 15:49
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Category: Python Library
Group: Python 2.5
Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 5
Submitted By: Björn Lindqvist (sonderblade)
Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Summary: inspect.getsource doesn't update when a module is reloaded

Initial Comment:
This is test.py:

def foo():
    print "Bla"

And in an interactive session:

>>> import inspect, test
>>> test.foo()
Bla
>>> inspect.getsource(test.foo)
'def foo():\n    print "Bla"\n'

Now I edit test.py to (without exiting the interactive
session):

def foo():
    print "Oh no!"

>>> reload(test)
<module 'test' from 'test.py'>
>>> test.foo()
Oh no!
>>> inspect.getsource(test.foo)
'def foo():\n    print "Bla"\n'

inspect should output the new source.


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>Comment By: Reinhold Birkenfeld (birkenfeld)
Date: 2005-06-10 18:36

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This is the fault of the linecache module which inspect
uses. It caches the file contents and does not reload it
accordingly. However, I assume it's pretty hard finding a
good solution to this.

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