[Zope-dev] Module changes not taking in external method

[R. David Murray]

On Fri, 8 Feb 2002, Ted Skolnick wrote:
> Hi I am a zope newbie getting started by using external methods.   I am
> importing modules from another package in my external methods and having
> some problems.  When I change code in the external method, I see thos
> changes take right away when I call the method from the browser.  But when I
> change code in the imported modules, I don't see the changes take until I
> reboot zope.   Is zope cacheing my modules?  Any thoughts?

No, but it *is* actively rereading the external method when the timestamp
on the source file changes (assuming you are running in -D mode).  Zope
has no way to notice changes to the imported module source files, so
it doesn't know to reread things when they change.

--RDM