`runfile` resets namespace

I runfile a lot, and just noticed that it doesn’t involve re-running the startup script. Is this intended? It’s rather self-defeating if I must restart the kernel each time for startup functions to be available (or for arbitrary scripts to execute).

[impact27]

As I said, running the startup script after every runfile by default could be a bit confusing. For example if you set a variable myvar in the startup script and in the file you run, you would not be able to preserve the script’s myvar. As a workaround I would advise that the startup script adds whatever you want to keep to the builtins module. That way it will survive the reset, which is really what you want:

import builtins
def myfunc(): print(0)
builtins.myfunc = myfunc
%reset
myfunc()
0

[OverLordGoldDragon]

Fair enough. And interesting bot you have there.