[Ipython-tickets] [IPython] #154: Automatic module reloading

[IPython]

#154: Automatic module reloading
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 Reporter:  pv           |       Owner:  fperez
     Type:  enhancement  |      Status:  new   
 Priority:  normal       |   Milestone:        
Component:  ipython      |     Version:        
 Severity:  normal       |    Keywords:        
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 It might be useful to have support for automatic reloading of modules in
 Ipython.

 Consider the use case of interactive data analysis using IPython:
   - Some generic routines are in module ''x.py''
   - Routines specific to a given data set are in ''y.py''
   - I need to tweak something in ''x.py'' many times to get it to work
 properly
   - Now, after every edit of ''x.py'', a manual `reload(x)` is necessary,
 apparently even when using `%run y.py` (ipython 0.7.3)
 While it's probably not possible (?) to implement module reloading that
 works in the ideal way all the time, I believe majority of the common
 cases can be handled. This could be a significant reduction in the amount
 of `reload`s typed, and `%autoreload on` might be a useful feature.

 One very dirty implementation is here: http://projects.scipy.org/pipermail
 /numpy-discussion/attachments/20070426/b206db3d/attachment-0001.py
 No doubt this can be done better. I'll try to find time to propose a real
 patch to Ipython.

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Ticket URL: <http://projects.scipy.org/ipython/ipython/ticket/154>
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