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diff --git a/Doc/tutorial/modules.rst b/Doc/tutorial/modules.rst index eee989f..4d06df2 100644 --- a/Doc/tutorial/modules.rst +++ b/Doc/tutorial/modules.rst @@ -106,6 +106,13 @@ In most cases Python programmers do not use this facility since it introduces an unknown set of names into the interpreter, possibly hiding some things you have already defined. +.. 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: |