FIX: import_module() reloads submods recursively to work with --http and __all__ (#300)

Author: Lucas-C

pdoc/__init__.py

@@ -230,6 +230,10 @@ def _module_path(module):
     # `isinstance(..., pdoc.Doc)` calls won't work correctly.
     if reload and not module.__name__.startswith(__name__):
         module = importlib.reload(module)
+        # We recursively reload all submodules, in case __all_ is used - cf. issue #264
+        for mod_key, mod in list(sys.modules.items()):
+            if mod_key.startswith(module.__name__):
+                importlib.reload(mod)
     return module
 
 

pdoc/cli.py

@@ -265,7 +265,7 @@ def html(self):
         """
         return pdoc.html(self.import_path_from_req_url,
                          reload=True, http_server=True, external_links=True,
-                         skip_errors=args.skip_errors,
+                         skip_errors=self.args.skip_errors,
                          **self.template_config)
 
     def resolve_ext(self, import_path):