Skip to content

gh-134160: Split extension module init from PyModule docs; emphasize multi-phase init #135126

New issue

Have a question about this project? Sign up for a free GitHub account to open an issue and contact its maintainers and the community.

By clicking “Sign up for GitHub”, you agree to our terms of service and privacy statement. We’ll occasionally send you account related emails.

Already on GitHub? Sign in to your account

Merged
merged 5 commits into from
Jun 13, 2025
Merged
Changes from 1 commit
Commits
File filter

Filter by extension

Filter by extension

Conversations
Failed to load comments.
Loading
Jump to
Jump to file
Failed to load files.
Loading
Diff view
Diff view
Prev Previous commit
Next Next commit
Single-phase init shares objects across interpreters
  • Loading branch information
encukou committed Jun 6, 2025
commit fe2f5b63168cb6c5a47afba8ca4436b9f8453ec5
9 changes: 5 additions & 4 deletions Doc/c-api/extension-modules.rst
Original file line number Diff line number Diff line change
Expand Up @@ -198,11 +198,12 @@ in the following ways:

* Single-phase modules are, or rather *contain*, “singletons”.

When the module is initialized, Python saves the contents of the module's
``__dict__`` (that is, typically, the module's functions and types).
When the module is first initialized, Python saves the contents of
the module's ``__dict__`` (that is, typically, the module's functions and
types).

For subsequent initializations in the same interpreter, Python does not call
the initialization function again.
For subsequent imports, Python does not call the initialization function
again.
Instead, it creates a new module object with a new ``__dict__``, and copies
the saved contents to it.
For example, given a single-phase module ``_testsinglephase``
Expand Down
Loading
pFad - Phonifier reborn

Pfad - The Proxy pFad of © 2024 Garber Painting. All rights reserved.

Note: This service is not intended for secure transactions such as banking, social media, email, or purchasing. Use at your own risk. We assume no liability whatsoever for broken pages.


Alternative Proxies:

Alternative Proxy

pFad Proxy

pFad v3 Proxy

pFad v4 Proxy