Detect if a python module changes and then reload
Detect File Change Without Polling
Coupled with you already knowing how to reload your module this answer pretty much fills it out. It uses Inotify to "notify" (see what they did there) the program when the file is modified.
It's an old question, but if you stumble upon it, here is a solution if you use IPython:
Enter the following lines in the IPython prompt at any time
%load_ext autoreload%autoreload 2For more options, check out this link:https://ipython.readthedocs.io/en/stable/