update module on import to python interpreter

Question

In short

How to force python interpreter to load the most up-to-date code version of my module everytime I make some changes in the module code?

Answer 1

Maybe useful for others. In Spyder 3.0.0, the modules can be reloaded by,

Tools -> Update modules names list.

It worked for me.

Answer 2

(Spyder dev here) I think at the moment you are not able to reload a module directly in the console (but we are considering to change this in the future).

The idea about UMD is that it will reload your modules but only if you run a file from the editor that imports them. It doesn't work if you want to reload them directly in the console.

Let's say you developed a module, then you are probably using it in a different script that (most likely) you'll be writing in our editor and send it to run to our console. UMD is a little bit of magic that reloads it for you when that happens.