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| author | Georg Brandl <georg@python.org> | 2008-05-09 06:39:58 (GMT) |
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| committer | Georg Brandl <georg@python.org> | 2008-05-09 06:39:58 (GMT) |
| commit | 68fd63ba9ad7d7677edcdf6d9d115e7bf830028d (patch) | |
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diff --git a/Doc/tutorial/modules.rst b/Doc/tutorial/modules.rst index 6e45f64..975e13e 100644 --- a/Doc/tutorial/modules.rst +++ b/Doc/tutorial/modules.rst @@ -103,6 +103,13 @@ There is even a variant to import all names that a module defines:: This imports all names except those beginning with an underscore (``_``). +.. note:: + + For efficiency reasons, each module is only imported once per interpreter + session. Therefore, if you change your modules, you must restart the + interpreter -- or, if it's just one module you want to test interactively, + use :func:`reload`, e.g. ``reload('modulename')``. + .. _tut-modulesasscripts: |