How To Reload A Module In Python REPL

The aim of this page📝 is to share a tactical line I use when writing a python module and testing it in REPL. For that, it is required that I reimport the code upon change. However, the original import statement does not reload the change.

• The following is valid from Python 3.4
• For the sake of velocity, I alias importlib to im

# PYTHON REPL (ptpython)
>>> import importlib as im
>>> im.reload(<package/module>)

• NOTE: at first, it is required to import the whole module with import statement and not just a function with from <module/package> import <function>. Also, you need to pass the whole module/package and not just a function into importlib.reload()

LINKS

• How to re import an updated package while in Python Interpreter? — Stack Overflow