Reimport a module in python while interactive

Question

I know it can be done, but I never remember how.

How can you reimport a module in python? The scenario is as follows: I import a module interactively and tinker wit

Answer 1

Actually, in Python 3 the module imp is marked as DEPRECATED. Well, at least that's true for 3.4.

Instead the reload function from the importlib module should be used:

https://docs.python.org/3/library/importlib.html#importlib.reload

But be aware that this library had some API-changes with the last two minor versions.