pythonwin woes

[oliver]

Thanks for your reply, Mark.

Yes, I can imagine scenarios where keeping the state around, the way
pythonwin is doing is useful. On the other hand, I think there is also
a need to restart python  process to get a clean start. Maybe an
option for both is warranted.

oliver

> IDLE runs all programs in a new, external Python process, so never sees 
> this issue.  In lots of ways, I like the way Pythonwin does it - keeping 
> that state around can be very useful - eg, after the program has 
> terminated, you can still see the objects etc.