Proper way to reload a python module from the console

Question

I\'m debugging from the python console and would like to reload a module every time I make a change so I don\'t have to exit the console and re-enter it. I\'m doing:

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Answer 1

Unfortunately you've got to use:

>>> from project.model import user
>>> reload(user)

I don't know off the top of my head of something which will automatically reload modules at the interactive prompt… But I don't see any reason one shouldn't exist (in fact, it wouldn't be too hard to implement, either…)

Now, you could do something like this:

from types import ModuleType
import sys
_reload_builtin = reload
def reload(thing):
    if isinstance(thing, ModuleType):
        _reload_builtin(thing)
    elif hasattr(thing, '__module__') and thing.__module__:
        module = sys.modules[thing.__module__]
        _reload_builtin(module)
    else:
        raise TypeError, "reload() argument must be a module or have an __module__"