C Extended module init/cleanup

[Carl J. Van Arsdall]

I'm extending Python with C, it seems as though initialization is easy
enough with an init<moduleName >() function that all C extended python
modules must provide that can serve as a sort of "module constructor".

Can C extended python modules provide any kind module destructor, so
that whenever the module is unloaded some cleanup is run?

Thanks,

carl


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[Farshid Lashkari]

Re: C Extended module init/cleanup

> Can C extended python modules provide any kind module destructor, so[color=blue]
> that whenever the module is unloaded some cleanup is run?[/color]


I've needed the same thing before but couldn't find it. AFAIK, the best
you can do is register an exit function that will be called when python
exits. Here is a sample code snippet:

//Called when python exits
void CleanupModule(v oid)
{
//Perform cleanup here
}


Then in your init<module> function add the following code:

//Register function to be called when python exits
Py_AtExit(Clean upModule);

-Farshid