From 131216290b76b4dd858d951b2ae8ed848bf3e7b1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ka-Ping Yee Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2001 13:37:39 +0000 Subject: Give up trying to keep dynamically loaded extensions up to date: the import.c machinery has soundly defeated my every attempt. --- Lib/pydoc.py | 8 +++++++- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/Lib/pydoc.py b/Lib/pydoc.py index cc0f27b..4a21bc3 100755 --- a/Lib/pydoc.py +++ b/Lib/pydoc.py @@ -1017,7 +1017,13 @@ def freshimport(path, cache={}): # isn't good enough (e.g. what if the module contains a class that # inherits from another module that has changed?). if path not in sys.builtin_module_names: - del sys.modules[path] + # Python never loads a dynamic extension a second time from the + # same path, even if the file is changed or missing. Deleting + # the entry in sys.modules doesn't help for dynamic extensions, + # so we're not even going to try to keep them up to date. + info = inspect.getmoduleinfo(sys.modules[path].__file__) + if info[3] != imp.C_EXTENSION: + del sys.modules[path] try: module = __import__(path) except: -- cgit v0.12