Module initialization problem when using COM

[Andrew M. Kuchling]

Robin Boerdijk writes:
>1. Record somewhere that module initialization functions should be
>re-executable. Currently, the Python documentation only states: "When the
>Python program imports module spam for the first time, initspam() is
>called." 

     I think multiple calls to module init functions are a bug of some
sort, perhaps related to Windows DLL support.  None of the current
modules are written to avoid leaking memory if the init function is
called several times -- they always create new module objects,
constants, etc.

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