[mod_python] Reload scripts without restarting Apache?

Hi

I found you don't need to restart Apache  (Apache  2 in my case) when
you've changed the script, only if you've changed the Apache directives.
I hope I'm not giving you bad advice here , but I think you should use
the publisher handler.  Then you don't need to change the Apache
directives if  you stick to the same script name (eg script.py) - with
the publisher handler you can do that, because all your scripts can be
functions within script.py:

#script.py
import mod_python, os, sys, string
def dothis (req, x):
      #dothis actions

def dothat (req, y):
      #dothat actions

Then your various scripts are called as follows:
http://localhost/script.py/dothis
http://localhost/script.py/dothat

And all you need per directory in the Apache directives is:
   AddHandler python-program .py
   PythonHandler mod_python.publisher
   PythonDebug On

And you use only one .py per directory
Gerhard









Leif K-Brooks wrote:

> I'm getting started doing some development with mod_python, and I 
> generally like to do a little bit at a time and test. That's made more 
> difficult by having to restart Apache to get my new scripts used, and 
> it would probably be worse on a production server. I don't want to 
> lose performance, but is there  a way to make mod_python check if the 
> script has changed or something?
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