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Stefan Behnel
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Update documentation on embedding to warn that calling the module init function is wrong.
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* `Embedding demo program <https://github.com/cython/cython/tree/master/Demos/embed>`_
* `Embedding demo program <https://github.com/cython/cython/tree/master/Demos/embed>`_
* The `PyImport_AppendInittab() <https://docs.python.org/3/c-api/import.html#c.PyImport_AppendInittab>`_
function in CPython allows registering statically (or dynamically) linked extension modules
Initialising your main module
for later imports.
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* Also see the documentation of the
Most importantly, DO NOT call the module init function instead of importing
`module init function <https://docs.python.org/3/extending/extending.html#the-module-s-method-table-and-initialization-function>`_
the module. This is not the right way to initialise an extension module.
in CPython and `PEP 489 <https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0489/>`_ regarding the module
(It was always wrong but used to work before, but since Python 3.5, it is
initialisation mechanism in CPython 3.5 and later.
wrong *and* no longer works.)
For details, see the documentation of the
`module init function <https://docs.python.org/3/extending/extending.html#the-module-s-method-table-and-initialization-function>`_
in CPython and `PEP 489 <https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0489/>`_ regarding the module
initialisation mechanism in CPython 3.5 and later.
The `PyImport_AppendInittab() <https://docs.python.org/3/c-api/import.html#c.PyImport_AppendInittab>`_
function in CPython allows registering statically (or dynamically) linked extension
modules for later imports. An example is given in the documentation of the module
init function that is linked above.
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