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Thank you for taking time to answer my question about unloading modules.
I really appreciate it!
Slava
On Fri, Jun 25, 2010 at 2:43 AM, Martin v. Löwis <report@bugs.python.org>wrote:
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> Martin v. Löwis <martin@v.loewis.de> added the comment:
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> This is not a bug. You didn't *nearly* reset Python to the state in which
> it was before the import: the modules that got imported recursively still
> hang in sys.modules.
>
> Please accept that Python indeed does not support unloading modules for
> severe, fundamental, insurmountable, technical problems, in 2.x.
>
> In 3.x, chances are slightly higher. In principle, unloading could be
> supported - but no module actually adds the necessary code, and the
> necessary code in the import machinery isn't implemented in 3.2 and earlier.
>
> Supporting unloading will be (and was) a multi-year project. Don't expect
> any results in the next five years.
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> nosy: +loewis
> resolution: -> wont fix
> status: open -> closed
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