Idea: `%autoreload` like functionality for rapid prototyping

[naefl]

Thanks for the fantastic work.

It's very likely that I'm just not good enough in searching issues here/missing the correct keywords so apologies if that's the case in advance.

The one feature that keeps me from switching to xonsh from ipython is the availability of a %autoreload like functionality when using it as a REPL when developing, that recursively imports the modules and its dependencies.

Is there such a function available/in planning?

Thanks!

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[gforsyth]

Hey @naefl -- thanks for raising this. We don't currently have an autoreload, although it should be possible to grab it from IPython and package it up as a xontrib.

In the interim, you can do

import importlib
importlib.reload(module_name)

for some of that kind of functionality (although not "auto")

[scopatz]

PRs welcome! I think this would make a nice built-in xontrib

[naefl]

Thanks for the pointers @scopatz / @gforsyth I'll have a look at it

[gforsyth]

Awesome! Let us know if you have any questions (and please feel free to open "half-finished" PRs if you need pointers)