script reload (f8), is closer to working.

there are internal memory problems which can make it crash still.
If you remove all directories in the scripts folder except for 'modules' and 'ui', it runs without crashes.

1 files changed, 20 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/source/blender/editors/space_script/script_edit.c b/source/blender/editors/space_script/script_edit.c
index 6ef9a96b478..02993549c94 100644
--- a/source/blender/editors/space_script/script_edit.c
+++ b/source/blender/editors/space_script/script_edit.c
@@ -84,3 +84,23 @@ void SCRIPT_OT_python_file_run(wmOperatorType *ot)
 	RNA_def_string_file_path(ot->srna, "path", "", 512, "Path", "");
 }
 
+
+static int script_reload_exec(bContext *C, wmOperator *op)
+{
+#ifndef DISABLE_PYTHON
+	BPY_eval_string(C, "__import__('bpy').utils.load_scripts(reload_scripts=True)");
+	return OPERATOR_FINISHED;
+#endif
+	return OPERATOR_CANCELLED;
+}
+
+void SCRIPT_OT_reload(wmOperatorType *ot)
+{
+	/* identifiers */
+	ot->name= "Reload Scripts";
+	ot->description= "Reload Scripts";
+	ot->idname= "SCRIPT_OT_reload";
+
+	/* api callbacks */
+	ot->exec= script_reload_exec;
+}