Commit d62c3c0e authored by sbyrnes321's avatar sbyrnes321

Update some text that seems to have been written before reload_support was implemented.

parent 27d1dcf0
== Pyximport == == Pyximport ==
Download: pyx-import-1.0.tar.gz Download: pyx-import-1.0.tar.gz
...@@ -29,6 +28,9 @@ Pyrex modules like this: ...@@ -29,6 +28,9 @@ Pyrex modules like this:
python -c "import foo" python -c "import foo"
See help(pyximport.install) to learn its options for controlling the
default behavior of "import" and "reload".
== Dependency Handling == == Dependency Handling ==
In Pyximport 1.1 it is possible to declare that your module depends on In Pyximport 1.1 it is possible to declare that your module depends on
...@@ -59,13 +61,6 @@ supposed to. ...@@ -59,13 +61,6 @@ supposed to.
== For further thought and discussion == == For further thought and discussion ==
I don't think that Python's "reload" will do anything for changed .SOs
on some (all?) platforms. It would require some (easy) experimentation
that I haven't gotten around to. But reload is rarely used in
applications outside of the Python interactive interpreter and certainly
not used much for C extension modules. Info about Windows
<http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-list/2001-July/053798.html>
"setup.py install" does not modify sitecustomize.py for you. Should it? "setup.py install" does not modify sitecustomize.py for you. Should it?
Modifying Python's "standard interpreter" behaviour may be more than Modifying Python's "standard interpreter" behaviour may be more than
most people expect of a package they install.. most people expect of a package they install..
...@@ -76,4 +71,3 @@ build directory as per normal for Distutils. If I could wave a magic ...@@ -76,4 +71,3 @@ build directory as per normal for Distutils. If I could wave a magic
wand and get Pyrex or distutils or whoever to put the build directory I wand and get Pyrex or distutils or whoever to put the build directory I
might do it but not necessarily: having it at the top level is VERY might do it but not necessarily: having it at the top level is VERY
HELPFUL for debugging Pyrex problems. HELPFUL for debugging Pyrex problems.
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