Is it possible to change the code while debugging in VSCode and that the change will take effect immediately without rerun the code? I'm using Microsoft Python extension.
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1I don't think that's possible in any language. You can change code while a program is running, but you still have to re-run the code to see the change.user10597469– user105974692019-03-19 14:20:45 +00:00Commented Mar 19, 2019 at 14:20
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7In vba it's possible.Adirmola– Adirmola2019-03-19 14:27:44 +00:00Commented Mar 19, 2019 at 14:27
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@Adirmola But generally not in other languages.BoarGules– BoarGules2019-03-19 14:49:51 +00:00Commented Mar 19, 2019 at 14:49
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7Too bad. I really don't understand why not, it's a big advantage in debugging.Adirmola– Adirmola2019-03-19 16:28:38 +00:00Commented Mar 19, 2019 at 16:28
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1Yeah, that would be a nice feature. Seems like Eclipse IDE can do it with Java and Python.wisbucky– wisbucky2021-08-31 18:03:25 +00:00Commented Aug 31, 2021 at 18:03
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So, apparently that the closest way of doing it is to use Jupyter capabilities (that can be use via VSCode).
With Jupyter you can split your code to multiple cells and run every each one of them separately without run all from beginning.
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It depends. There's no such thing as a hot reload in Python. The closest you can come is importlib.reload(), but realize that only reloads the module and not the objects which already exist in memory. IOW it typically doesn't do what you want in code (it's usually used in the REPL).
