PyCharm & Python: Autoreload modules when in debug mode?
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I've found that when in debug mode for a python application the modules do not reload automatically and the entire application has to be restarted for any changes to take affect. We've been looking at using PyCharm as a replacement to Eclipse, however the lack of this functionality is somewhat of a deal breaker for us as our application currently takes a significant amount of time to reload.
I've been searching for an answer to this for a few days now but I can't find anything concrete. Does this option exist and I'm just missing it in the Settings window? If not, are there any plans to implement this?
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Hi Adammrutter,
Thank you for contacting PyCharm support.
Could you please provide more details? What steps are taken (scenario)?
What do you mean by "modules do not reload automatically"?
Kind regards,
Sergey
1) Start debugging a program. It makes use of module "my.module"
2) make some changes to my/module/__init__.py
3) ???
4) debugger becomes aware of the changes
I note that it is a feature of IntelliJ IDEA to dynamically reload/hotswap classes. Is this in any way available for python? the "importlib.reload" function has no effect when the debugger is running.
This isn't possible to do for .py custom modules. There is an option for some frameworks (for Django I recall), but not for any module.
Please feel free to submit a feature request about it to our issue tracker using the link https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issues/PY and let us know if you need any help.
Hello, is it still the same? ChatGPT is convinced that PyCharm can auto-reload my wsgiref.simple_server but I don't see options for that. I use Pro version.