Re: [Python-Dev] Extension modules, Threading, and the GIL

Thomas Heller wrote:

I hope one could extend the FrozenModule table in an already running Python by adding more stuff to it. Isn't there already code in cvs which allows this?

There was code from me that would let you do that from Python, but I ripped it out as PEP 302 makes it unnecessary. However, it's possible from C (and always has been, it's the trick that Anthony Tuininga used in his freeze-like tool). Normally, PyImport_FrozenModules points to a static array, but there's nothing against setting it to a heap array. The fact that it's not a Python object and that the array elements aren't Python objects makes it a little messy, though (another reason why I backed out the Python interface to it). Just