On Tue, 03 Feb 2009 20:08:34 -0800, Stephen Hansen wrote: > There is no need to try to make sure something is > executed/compiled only once in Python like you may want to do in C. > Every module is only ever compiled once: if you import it ten times in > ten different places only the first will compile and execute the code, > the rest of the calls will return that original module again.
<nitpick> If you import a module, it will be recompiled only if the module changes from the precompiled .pyc/.pyo. OTOH, if you run a module, it will be recompiled every time even if there is no change. </nitpick> -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
