[mark@toy ~/PP2ndEd/dev/examples/Part3/Embed/TestApi/WithPackages]$ python >>> import pkgdir.testapi >>> pkgdir.testapi.func('a', 'b') 'ab' >>> import sys >>> sys.modules['pkgdir.testapi'] >>> pkgdir >>> testapi Traceback (innermost last): File "", line 1, in ? NameError: testapi >>> pkgdir.testapi >>> pkgdir.testapi.func >>> pkgdir.testapi.func([1], [2]) [1, 2] >>> reload(pkgdir.testapi) >>> reload(sys.modules['pkgdir.testapi']) >>> pkgdir.testapi.func(1, 2) 3 >>> reload(pkgdir.testapi) >>> pkgdir.testapi.func(1, 2) 2 >>> from pkgdir.testapi import func >>> func(1, 2) 2 >>> reload(pkgdir.testapi) >>> pkgdir.testapi.func(1, 2) 3 >>> func(1, 2) 2 >>> from pkgdir.testapi import func >>> func(1, 2) 3 [mark@toy ~/PP2ndEd/dev/examples/Part3/Embed/TestApi/WithPackages]$ python testapi_c.py 12 change pkgdir/testapi.py now... 32 change pkgdir/testapi.py now... error Traceback (innermost last): File "testapi_c.py", line 8, in ? reload(pkgdir.testapi) File "pkgdir/testapi.py", line 15 return x \ y # change me ^ SyntaxError: invalid token change pkgdir/testapi.py now... error Traceback (innermost last): File "testapi_c.py", line 9, in ? res = pkgdir.testapi.func(4, 8) File "pkgdir/testapi.py", line 15, in func return x / 0 # change me ZeroDivisionError: integer division or modulo change pkgdir/testapi.py now... 65536 [mark@toy ~/PP2ndEd/dev/examples/Part3/Embed/TestApi/WithPackages]$ python testapi_c_from.py 12 change pkgdir/testapi.py now... 32 change pkgdir/testapi.py now... error Traceback (innermost last): File "testapi_c_from.py", line 8, in ? reload(pkgdir.testapi) # still need to reload File "pkgdir/testapi.py", line 15 return x \ y # change me ^ SyntaxError: invalid token change pkgdir/testapi.py now... error Traceback (innermost last): File "testapi_c_from.py", line 10, in ? res = func(4, 8) File "pkgdir/testapi.py", line 15, in func return x / 0 # change me ZeroDivisionError: integer division or modulo change pkgdir/testapi.py now... 65536