problem with reload(sys) (doing reload on the sys module)

[gen_tricomi]

Python 2.4.2 (#67, Sep 28 2005, 12:41:11) [MSC v.1310 32 bit (Intel)]
on win32
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IDLE 1.1.2

import sys
sys.modules.keys() ['tkFileDialog', 'random', 'struct', 'tempfile', 'idlelib.cPickle',
'imp', 'collections', 'zipimport', 'string', 'SocketServer', 'repr',
'idlelib.string', 'idlelib.bdb', 'itertools', 'idlelib.SocketServer',
'ConfigParser', 'signal', 'idlelib.IOBinding', 'threading',
'tkMessageBox', 'idlelib.warnings', 'idlelib.struct',
'idlelib.cStringIO', 'cStringIO', 'locale', 'idlelib.threading',
'idlelib.TreeWidget', 'idlelib.rpc', 'atexit', 'idlelib.re',
'encodings', 'idlelib.RemoteDebugger', 'idlelib.tempfile',
'idlelib.codecs', '_tkinter', 'bdb', 're',
'idlelib.RemoteObjectBrowser', 'ntpath', 'idlelib.imp',
'idlelib.locale', 'idlelib.thread', 'math', 'idlelib.Debugger',
'Tkinter', 'idlelib.traceback', 'idlelib.marshal', 'UserDict', 'Queue',
'idlelib.StackViewer', 'codecs', 'idlelib.copy_reg', '_locale',
'socket', 'thread', 'sre', 'idlelib.time', 'traceback',
'idlelib.socket', 'idlelib.CallTipWindow', 'os', 'marshal',
'idlelib.tkFileDialog', '_sre', '__builtin__', 'select', 'idlelib.os',
'idlelib.ZoomHeight', 'idlelib.ConfigParser', 'errno', '_socket',
'binascii', 'sre_constants', 'types', 'idlelib.__builtin__',
'idlelib.tkMessageBox', 'cPickle', '_codecs', 'encodings.cp1252',
'idlelib.repr', 'idlelib.Queue', 'idlelib.__main__', 'idlelib.sys',
'encodings.aliases', 'exceptions', 'sre_parse', 'FixTk', 'copy_reg',
'sre_compile', '_random', 'site', 'SimpleDialog', '__main__',
'idlelib.types', 'tkCommonDialog', 'strop', 'encodings.codecs',
'encodings.exceptions', 'nt', 'idlelib.linecache', 'stat', '_ssl',
'warnings', 'encodings.types', 'sys', 'idlelib.Tkinter',
'idlelib.CallTips', 'idlelib.configHandler', 'idlelib.WindowList',
'idlelib.SimpleDialog', 'os.path', 'idlelib.ScrolledList',
'idlelib.ObjectBrowser', 'idlelib', 'Tkconstants', 'linecache', 'time',
'idlelib.select', 'idlelib.run'] reload(sys)
sys.modules.keys()
dir()
print 'hello world'
print 'hi nerds'
print 'it just stops here nothing works again'
print 'is this a bug or a feature'
print 'can some one help'
2 + 4
print 'but when i restart'
print 'everything returns'
import string
string.lowercase
string.lowercase()
print 'let me see if an exception can be thrown'
import nigeria
import lagos
no exception SyntaxError: invalid syntax print 'still checks for syntax'
print 'it checks syntax after the second token has been entered'
abracadabra
not SyntaxError: invalid syntax print
is SyntaxError: invalid syntax print 'syntax check is still working for reserved words'
you
can
check
the
rest f for SyntaxError: invalid syntax your
self
print 'i think this IDLE session is self explanatory'

This is not part of the above IDLE session
please mail me if you have any idea what this means.

og*******@yahoo.com

[nick]

Looks like a bug (probably in IDLE): when I start IDLE from the command
line, it pops up its interaction window and here is what it says about
stdout:

IDLE 1.1.2

import sys
sys.stdout <idlelib.rpc.RPCProxy instance at 0xb76a490c>

Then I try the reload and I get no output in the interaction
window:
reload(sys)
sys.stdout

After the reload, stdout has been changed to the terminal from which
IDLE got started, so I see the messages there:

<module 'sys' (built-in)>
<open file '<stdout>', mode 'w' at 0xb7b67068>

As you can see, stdout has been redefined (back to the way it would be if
you started Python from the command line, with no IDLE involved).
--
nick (nicholas dot dokos at hp dot com)

[gen_tricomi]

hi nick,

have you found any solutions to this problem.
maybe sys module does not need to be reloaded.
may Tim peters and the rest can help us on this