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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>You mention CreateEngine but are
you also creating multiple runtimes?&nbsp; You&#8217;re only allowed 1 ScriptEngine of a
given type per ScriptRuntime.&nbsp; So you should create a new ScriptRuntime and
then get the Python engine for each runtime and then be isolated.<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>
users-bounces@lists.ironpython.com [mailto:users-bounces@lists.ironpython.com] <b>On
Behalf Of </b>Lepisto, Stephen P<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, April 30, 2009 8:26 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> users@lists.ironpython.com<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [IronPython] Question on Multiple Discrete IronPython sessions
in a single process<o:p></o:p></span></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal>Hello, everyone!<o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal>I am working on an service manager application that provides
embedded python support through a small set of generalized classes:
PythonService, PythonSession, and PythonClass.&nbsp; A client application asks
the service manager for the PythonService object and then asks the
PythonService object for a new PythonSession object.&nbsp; The PythonSession
object is used to access embedded python through a small set of generalized
methods.&nbsp; The PythonClass object is used to wrap a python class instance.<o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal>The key requirement in this is each client must have its own
python session, independent of any other sessions currently running.&nbsp; I&#8217;ve
got this to work with CPython (specifically, python 2.5.4), by careful use of
the global interpreter lock and swapping the thread state.&nbsp; IronPython
2.0.1 has a nicer way of implementing all of this by using the CreateEngine()
to create a new python engine.&nbsp; However, in IronPython I&#8217;ve run into what
appears to be a significant limitation that may prevent me from using
IronPython in this particular situation as an embedded language.<o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal>The limitation is when I import a python package from disk
into IronPython (using IronPython.Hosting.Python.ImportModule()) in one session
and then import the same package into a different session, it turns out that
both sessions are pulling from the same module&#8217;s scope.&nbsp; That is, if I
make changes to the module&#8217;s scope in one session (for example, changing a
global variable), that change appears in the other session.<o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal>After tracing execution in the IronPython 2.0.1 code, it
turns out that a module is cached in the LanguageContext (PythonContext)
object, which in turn is a singleton in DLR, as it is associated with the
language type.&nbsp; This is okay if an application is embedding IronPython
itself but in my scenario, this prevents multiple discrete python sessions in a
single application.&nbsp; Ideally, I would expect to see the system state be
stored in the python engine (ScriptEngine) or python runtime (ScriptRuntime)
objects.<o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal>Is there a way around this limitation?&nbsp; Can I somehow
create a unique PythonContext object for each of my python sessions so I get a
completely discrete python instance in each session with no crosstalk?&nbsp; Or
do I have to resort to modifying the IronPython source to accomplish this
(which I&#8217;m loathe to do since then I would have to maintain it going forward)?<o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal>Thank you for your time and consideration in this matter.<o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>

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