reloading module which has been imported to another module

Question

Let\'s face it, the whole business of reloading python code after changing it is a mess. I figured out awhile back that calling import at the in

Answer 1

Don't forget that an import is really just assigning a name in a namespace. So, you could reassign that name after reloading:

>>> reload(module2)
>>> module1.class1 = module2.class1

Now the class1 object inside module1 refers to the reloaded version from module2.