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]

Can C extended python modules provide any kind module destructor, so

that whenever the module is unloaded some cleanup is run?

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(void)
{
//Perform cleanup here
}


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

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

-Farshid