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Graham Dumpleton closed MODPYTHON-118.
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> Allow PythonImport to optionally call function in module.
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> Key: MODPYTHON-118
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MODPYTHON-118
> Project: mod_python
> Issue Type: Wish
> Components: core
> Affects Versions: 3.3
> Reporter: Graham Dumpleton
> Assigned To: Graham Dumpleton
> Fix For: 3.3
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> PythonImport can currently be used to specify that a module be imported into
> a named interpreter at the time that an Apache child process is initiated.
> Because all it does is import the module, if any specific action needs to be
> triggered, it has to be done as a side effect of the module import.
> Triggering actions as a side effect of a module import is generally not a
> good idea as failure of the side effect action will cause the import of the
> module itself to fail if the code doesn't properly handle this situation. It
> is generally preferable to import the module and when that has suceeded only
> then call a specific function contained in the module to initiate the action.
> Thus proposed that PythonImport be able to take an optional function to be
> called upon successful import of the name module. The syntax would be like
> that for Python*Handler directives.
> PythonImport mymodule::myfunc myinterpreter
> This would have the effect of loading module "mymodule" in the interpreter
> called "myinterpreter" and then calling "mymodule.myfunc()". No arguments
> would be supplied to the function when called.
> Another benefit of this feature would be that it would allow a single module
> to be able to contain a number of special initialisation functions that might
> be triggerable. The user could selectively call those that might be required.
> PythonImport mymodule::enable_caching myinterpreter
> PythonImport mymodule::disable_logging myinterpreter
> At the moment to do that, a distinct module would need to be created for each
> where the only thing in the module is the call of the function.
> Note that in using something similar to mod_python option/config values, am
> talking here about options that must be able to only be enabled/disable in
> one spot. The problem with mod_python option/config values in Apache is that
> different parts of the document tree can set them to different values, which
> for some things is actually a problem, such as the case with PythonAutoReload.
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