Problem with uuid package when embedding a python interpreter

[Gabriel Genellina]

En Tue, 30 Jun 2009 13:05:42 -0300, Jérôme Fuselier
<jerome.fuselier at gmail.com> escribió:

>   I've tried to import a script in an embedded python intrepreter but
> this script fails when it imports the uuid module. I have a
> segmentation fault in Py_Finalize().
>
> #include "Python.h"
>
> void test() {
>     Py_Initialize();
>     PyImport_Import(PyString_FromString("uuid"));
>     Py_Finalize();
> }
>
> main(int argc, char **argv)
> {
>     for (i=0 ; i < 10; i++)
>         test();
> }
>
> For my application, I have to call Py_initialize and Py_Finalize
> several times so factorizing them in the main function is not an easy
> solution for me.

Are you sure you can't do that? Not even using Py_IsInitialized? Try to
avoid repeatedly calling Py_Initialize - won't work.

Python 2.x does not have a way to "un-initialize" an extension module
(that's a big flaw in Python design). Modules that contain global state
are likely to crash the interpreter when used by the second time. (Python
3 attempts to fix that)

-- 
Gabriel Genellina