code: def reload(self, *modules):
          
          self.notify('before_reload')
  
          if 'configfiles' in self.config:
              # reload configfiles
              self.log.info('Reloading configuration...')
              cfg = utils.parse_config(
                  self.server and 'server' or 'bot', *self.config['configfiles'])
              self.config.update(cfg)
  
          self.log.info('Reloading python code...')
          if not modules:
              modules = self.registry.includes
          scanned = list(reversed(self.registry.scanned))
  
          # reset includes and events
          self.registry.reset()
  
          to_scan = []
          for module_name, categories in scanned:
              if module_name in modules:
                  module = utils.maybedotted(module_name)
                  reload_module(module)
              to_scan.append((module_name, categories))
  
          # rescan all modules
          for module_name, categories in to_scan:
              self.include(module_name, venusian_categories=categories)
  
          self.registry.reloading = {}
  
          self.notify('after_reload')
docs: Reload one or more plugins