Restart python-script from within itself

Question

I have a python-based GTK application that loads several modules. It is run from the (linux) terminal like so:

./myscript.py --some-flag setting

Answer 1

I know this solution isn't technically what you are asking for but if you want to be 100% sure you freed everything or don't want to rely on dependencies you could just run the script in from a loop in another:

import os, time

while 1:
    os.system("python main.py")
    print "Restarting..."
    time.sleep(0.2) # 200ms to CTR+C twice

Then you can restart main.py as simply as:

quit()