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
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
This is very old DNA. The persistent user request was a way to bundle up a
Python program as a single executable file that could be sent to a friend
or colleague and run without first having to install Python. If you Google
for python freeze you'll still see old references to it.
IIRC I did the
On Sat, Nov 16, 2013 at 10:55 AM, M.-A. Lemburg m...@egenix.com wrote:
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/
On
