auto-reload for module reload without shutdown

[Lellansin Huang]

Um.. I write a module for auto reload module without shutdown the server. It can be used like this:

var reload = require('auto-reload');
var data = reload('./data', 3000); // reload every 3 secs

// print data every sec
setInterval(function() {
    console.log(data);
}, 1000);

And if you update the file data.json or .js, the var data can be auto reloaded.

I did this by;

delete require.cache[whole];
var update = require(whole);
// clone new module data to old reference
clone(module, update);

It's very simple, you can see more detail on https://github.com/Lellansin/node-reload .

I just want to discuss the possible negative effect or problem, and how to fix or improve. 

Thanks a lot if you reply.

[Ingwie Phoenix]

Wow! This might take out the need to have a watchdog process to restart the server. Very nice!

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