Imported module not updated

[Xartrick]

Description

Imported modules do not reload when edited, keeping changes from being applied to main script.

How to reproduce

1. Create imported_module.py

def call_me():
    return 'Foo'

2. Create main.py

from imported_module import call_me

print(call_me())

3. Start IDACode from IDA

[IDACode] Listening on 127.0.0.1:7065

4. Connect IDACode from VSCode

[IDACode] Client connected
[IDACode] Set workspace folder to c:\ida_code_bug

5. Save main.py to trigger code execution

[IDACode] Executing c:\ida_code_bug\main.py
Foo

6. Edit call_me in imported_module.py to return Bar

def call_me():
    return 'Bar'

[IDACode] Executing c:\ida_code_bug\imported_module.py

7. Save main.py to trigger code execution

[IDACode] Executing c:\ida_code_bug\main.py
Foo

Expected result

call_me function should returns Bar.

Related issues

• Option to turn off IDACode plugin in IDA and VSCode #34

[Xartrick]

After more digging, this seems to be a known behavior, see Loading your own modules from your IDAPython scripts with idaapi.require() – Hex Rays.

Solution

from idaapi import require
require('imported_module')

from imported_module import call_me

print(call_me())

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[ioncodes]

Thanks for letting me know! I'll reference this issue in the README!