From 937f2f70f5da95a3cfe72a0bdac91abad327a7bc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Robert Collins Date: Wed, 5 Aug 2015 08:16:41 +1200 Subject: [PATCH] Issue #20769: Improve reload() docs. Patch by Dorian Pula. --- Doc/library/functions.rst | 9 +++++---- Misc/ACKS | 1 + Misc/NEWS | 2 ++ 3 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/Doc/library/functions.rst b/Doc/library/functions.rst index f8f8780717..8fac448167 100644 --- a/Doc/library/functions.rst +++ b/Doc/library/functions.rst @@ -1191,10 +1191,11 @@ section. except NameError: cache = {} - It is legal though generally not very useful to reload built-in or dynamically - loaded modules, except for :mod:`sys`, :mod:`__main__` and :mod:`__builtin__`. - 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 diff --git a/Misc/ACKS b/Misc/ACKS index 21f4cca147..12d96748ae 100644 --- a/Misc/ACKS +++ b/Misc/ACKS @@ -1088,6 +1088,7 @@ Paul Prescod Donovan Preston Paul Price Iuliia Proskurnia +Dorian Pula Jyrki Pulliainen Steve Purcell Eduardo Pérez diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS index 54c2d8cda6..09db1d3ec5 100644 --- a/Misc/NEWS +++ b/Misc/NEWS @@ -142,6 +142,8 @@ IDLE Documentation ------------- +- Issue #20769: Improve reload() docs. Patch by Dorian Pula. + - Issue #23589: Remove duplicate sentence from the FAQ. Patch by Yongzhi Pan. - Issue #22155: Add File Handlers subsection with createfilehandler to Tkinter -- 2.50.1