starting Java VM using JNI?

[Wieger Wesselink]

I'm trying to start a Java VM in Python using JNI, with the following
C++ code:

  void start()
  {
    JNIEnv *env;
    JavaVM *jvm;
    JavaVMInitArgs vm_args;
    JavaVMOption options[2];
    options[0].optionString = "-Djava.class.path=D:\\java";
    vm_args.version = 0x00010002;
    vm_args.options = options;
    vm_args.nOptions = 1;
    vm_args.ignoreUnrecognized = JNI_TRUE;
    jint res = JNI_CreateJavaVM(&jvm, (void**)&env, &vm_args);
    if (res < 0) {
      exit(1);
    }
  }

That appears to work, but there is a problem. After invoking the
function
start() in Python, the interepreter generates syntax errors after each
subsequent input (see below). Can someone tell me how to fix this, or is
there a better way to start the JVM?

Python 2.0 (#8, Oct 16 2000, 17:27:58) [MSC 32 bit (Intel)] on win32
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>>> import mymodule
>>> mymodule.start()
>>>
  File "<stdin>", line 1

    ^
SyntaxError: invalid syntax
>>>

Best regards,

Wieger