[Python-Dev] Best practice for new namespace (from C/API)

[Oleg Broytman]

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On Thu, Jul 29, 2010 at 08:11:39AM +1000, Campbell Barton wrote:
> - Whats the best way to manage the namespace for running multiple
> scripts one after another? clear and initialize __main__'s dict each
> time?, keep a copy and restore it after each run?
> - should the original __main__ namespace be restored after running a script?
> - pickle expects: __import__("__main__").__dict__ == ***the current
> namespace***, is this apart of the python spec or just something
> specific to pickle?
> - PyDict_SetItemString(d, "__builtins__", PyEval_GetBuiltins()) acts
> differently to PyDict_SetItemString(dict, "__builtins__",
> PyImport_AddModule("builtins")), using the PyEval_GetBuiltins() dict
> adds every member of __builtins__ when running:
> print(__import__("__main__").__dict__.keys()), rather then just
> showing __builtins__.

Oleg.
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