Where is the output of the text script which is run at the Python console (not run on the text editor)

Question

I have scripts loaded in the text editor. They are made internal, they are registered and saved under scripts/startup/myAddOns. They run OK when I run directly on the text editor. And the output goes to the System Console OK.

What I am asking is somewhat different. When I run my script from the Python Console, I do:

>>> from myAddOns import myModule      # myAddOns folder is under scripts/startup
>>>
>>> myModule
>>> <module 'myAddOns.myModule' from 'C:\\Program Files\\Blender Foundation\\Blender 3.3\\3.3\\scripts\\startup\\myAddOns\\myModule.py'>


in myModule there is a print statement:
...
...
print ("myvar", myvar)
...
...

The output of that print does not show up anywhere; neither at the Python console, nor the System Console.

Where does it go??

Answer 1

Modules only get imported once by Python. Since the Python Console keeps all variables from one command to the next, the import stays imported. To reload a file you need to call:

>>> from myAddOns import myModule
 output gets printed, as the module is executed once to load its functions

>>> from myAddOns import myModule
 no output since the module does not need to be loaded as it is already loaded

>>> import importlib
>>> importlib.reload(myModule)
 output gets printed, since this will reload the library

You should not execute code on import, rather define functions which can then get called like

# In myAddOn/myModule
def run():
    print("Hello World")

# run the script if it is not executed from an import
if __name__ == '__main__':
    run()

# Then in the console do
>>> from myAddOns import myModule
>>> myModule.run()