how to reload a Class in python shell?

Question

If I import a module defining a class of the same name belonging to a package, it is imported as a Class, not a Module because of the __init__.py of the parent package. See

Answer 1

There are thee ways to solve this:

1. Use import MyPak.MyMod instead of from MyPak import MyMod

Then you can write:

from importlib import reload  # If on Python 3
import MyPak.MyMod
reload(MyPak.MyMod)

and it works.

2. Use IPython.lib.deepreload

from MyPak import MyMod
from IPython.lib.deepreload import reload
reload(MyPak)  # This should also reload all submodules

3. Use autoreload magic

%load_ext autoreload
%autoreload 2
import MyPak.MyMod  # All changes to MyPak.MyMod will be loaded automatically