On 16.11.2013 18:48, Eric Snow wrote: > While looking at something unrelated, I happened to peek at > Python/frozenmain.c and found Py_FrozenMain(). I kind of get the idea > of it, but am curious what motivated the addition and who might be > using it. The function is not documented and doesn't have much > explanation. I'm guessing that not many are familiar with it (e.g. > http://bugs.python.org/issue15893). > > FWIW the function was added quite a while ago (and hasn't been touched > a whole lot since): > > changeset: 1270:14369a5e61679364deeae9a9a0deedbd593a72e0 > branch: legacy-trunk > user: Guido van Rossum <gu...@python.org> > date: Thu Apr 01 20:59:32 1993 +0000 > summary: Support for frozen scripts; added -i option.
It's used as main()-function for frozen Python interpreters. See eGenix PyRun as an example and the freeze tool in Tools/freeze/ for the implementation that uses this API: http://www.egenix.com/products/python/PyRun/ -- Marc-Andre Lemburg eGenix.com Professional Python Services directly from the Source (#1, Nov 16 2013) >>> Python Projects, Consulting and Support ... http://www.egenix.com/ >>> mxODBC.Zope/Plone.Database.Adapter ... http://zope.egenix.com/ >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ... http://python.egenix.com/ ________________________________________________________________________ 2013-11-19: Python Meeting Duesseldorf ... 3 days to go ::::: Try our mxODBC.Connect Python Database Interface for free ! :::::: eGenix.com Software, Skills and Services GmbH Pastor-Loeh-Str.48 D-40764 Langenfeld, Germany. CEO Dipl.-Math. Marc-Andre Lemburg Registered at Amtsgericht Duesseldorf: HRB 46611 http://www.egenix.com/company/contact/ _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
