diff options
| -rw-r--r-- | Doc/library/importlib.rst | 10 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Misc/ACKS | 1 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Misc/NEWS | 2 |
3 files changed, 8 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/Doc/library/importlib.rst b/Doc/library/importlib.rst index 771c4c5..632df75 100644 --- a/Doc/library/importlib.rst +++ b/Doc/library/importlib.rst @@ -179,11 +179,11 @@ Functions except NameError: cache = {} - It is legal though generally not very useful to reload built-in or - dynamically loaded modules (this is not true for e.g. :mod:`sys`, - :mod:`__main__`, :mod:`builtins` and other key modules where reloading is - frowned upon). In many cases, however, extension modules are not designed to - be initialized more than once, and may fail in arbitrary ways when reloaded. + It is generally not very useful to reload built-in or dynamically loaded + modules. Reloading :mod:`sys`, :mod:`__main__`, :mod:`builtins` and other + key modules is not recommended. In many cases extension modules are not + designed to be initialized more than once, and may fail in arbitrary ways + when reloaded. If a module imports objects from another module using :keyword:`from` ... :keyword:`import` ..., calling :func:`reload` for the other module does not @@ -1127,6 +1127,7 @@ Paul Prescod Donovan Preston Paul Price Iuliia Proskurnia +Dorian Pula Jyrki Pulliainen Steve Purcell Eduardo Pérez @@ -38,6 +38,8 @@ Library Documentation ------------- +- Issue #20769: Improve reload() docs. Patch by Dorian Pula. + - Issue #23589: Remove duplicate sentence from the FAQ. Patch by Yongzhi Pan. - Issue #24729: Correct IO tutorial to match implementation regarding |