Multiple independent Python interpreters in a C/C++ program?

[Matthieu Brucher]

2008/4/11, skip at pobox.com <skip at pobox.com>:
>
> This question was posed to me today.  Given a C/C++ program we can clearly
> embed a Python interpreter in it.  Is it possible to fire up multiple
> interpreters in multiple threads?  For example:
>
>     C++ main
>         thread 1
>             Py_Initialize()
>         thread 2
>             Py_Initialize()
>
> Do I wind up with two completely independent interpreters, one per thread?
> I'm thinking this doesn't work (there are bits which aren't thread-safe
> and
> are only protected by the GIL), but wanted to double-check to be sure.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Skip
>
> --
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>


Hi,

You will only have one the different static Python variables, so this is not
possible.

Matthieu
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