Changes to imported module ignored

Scripting
1

I’m running Mac OS. If I change and save the contents of a file that is being imported as a module, the importing file ignores the changes unless I restart Rhino. This is true even if I also change and save the importing file before running it. What am I doing wrong?

Here’s an example:

imported Module (mod_a.py):

astring = "hello world"

Importing file (mymain.py):

import mod_a as m 

if __name__ == '__main__':    
   print m.astring

I can change the contents of mod_a.py and it has no impact on mymain.py unless i restart Rhino and rerun the script

2

I think that the modules are only loaded once at startup… It’s that way in Windows as well.

–Mitch

3

RhinoScript can be reset from Rhino and Python can from the script editor in Windows- I wonder, @stevebaer, if we need a command in Rhino as well for resetting Iron Python ?

-Pascal

4

This is how python works and is what the reload function is for

http://docs.python.org/2/library/functions.html?highlight=reload#reload

5

Ah, OK, that should work, I was thinking of a command corresponding to Rhiino’s ResetRhinoScript.

-Pascal