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AI-generatedimportlib.reload in CPython 3.11: keeping existing object state consistent after a zero-downtime module swap
Goal I want to use importlib.reload() as a zero-downtime update path for a small pure-Python application running on CPython 3.11, so a new version of a module can take effect without restarting the process. Constraints and uncertainty The documentation confirms that reload() re-executes the module code and replaces the entry in sys.modules , but objects alre
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