RE: simply python modules question

[xsibrad(at)fie.us]

After much frustration, I went with the following solution that seems to be
working. (hopefully my mail client wont slaughter the tabs.)

[code]
import sys
Application.LogMessage("Attempting to Reload all PLF modules.")
dict = sys.modules.keys()
for m in dict:
	if m.startswith("PLF"):

		if sys.modules[m] != None:
			Application.LogMessage("Reloading:" + m)
			reload(sys.modules[m])
		else:
			Application.LogMessage("Module entry " + m + " was Null")
Application.LogMessage("Finished Reloading all PLF modules.")
[/code]

So we can at will flush the modules of our PLF package and force a reload of the
whole thing for development purposes.

This solution does not require explicite "reload" function calls within other
commands or modules.  So I kinda like this.

Thanks to all for their input.

-brad

Quoting xsibrad(at)fie.us:

> No, I kept it a good old normal command.  So changes to the actual command
> .py
> file do update immediately... unlike with a self installed plugin in which I
> would have to reload it.  Its the modules referenced from the command .py
> file
> with an import statement that are not updating.
>
> -brad
>
> Quoting kim aldis <kim(at)aldis.org.uk>:
>
> > How is the command built, through a self-installing plugin?
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: owner-xsi(at)Softimage.COM
> > > [mailto:owner-xsi(at)Softimage.COM] On Behalf Of xsibrad(at)fie.us
> > > Sent: 20 July 2005 22:24
> > > To: xsi(at)Softimage.COM
> > > Subject: simply python modules question
> > >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I've got a command that's importing a custom python module.
> > >
> > > I've added the package to the PYTHONPATH variable and it runs.
> > >
> > > However, if I open the module, make a change, and save it, I
> > > have to restart XSI in order for the change to make it into
> > > the XSI execution environment.
> > >
> > > Is there a well known and accepted way to have the XSI python
> > > execution evironment flush the module from memory and reload
> > > it from the new source without having to restart XSI?
> > >
> > > Before I spend hours trying to work around this myself, I
> > > thought I'd check with the minds on the list.  I'm fairly new
> > > to Python.
> > >
> > > Thanks.
> > >
> > > -brad
> > >
> > >
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