embed.h revision 14299:2fbea9df56d2
1/*
2    pybind11/embed.h: Support for embedding the interpreter
3
4    Copyright (c) 2017 Wenzel Jakob <wenzel.jakob@epfl.ch>
5
6    All rights reserved. Use of this source code is governed by a
7    BSD-style license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
8*/
9
10#pragma once
11
12#include "pybind11.h"
13#include "eval.h"
14
15#if defined(PYPY_VERSION)
16#  error Embedding the interpreter is not supported with PyPy
17#endif
18
19#if PY_MAJOR_VERSION >= 3
20#  define PYBIND11_EMBEDDED_MODULE_IMPL(name)            \
21      extern "C" PyObject *pybind11_init_impl_##name() { \
22          return pybind11_init_wrapper_##name();         \
23      }
24#else
25#  define PYBIND11_EMBEDDED_MODULE_IMPL(name)            \
26      extern "C" void pybind11_init_impl_##name() {      \
27          pybind11_init_wrapper_##name();                \
28      }
29#endif
30
31/** \rst
32    Add a new module to the table of builtins for the interpreter. Must be
33    defined in global scope. The first macro parameter is the name of the
34    module (without quotes). The second parameter is the variable which will
35    be used as the interface to add functions and classes to the module.
36
37    .. code-block:: cpp
38
39        PYBIND11_EMBEDDED_MODULE(example, m) {
40            // ... initialize functions and classes here
41            m.def("foo", []() {
42                return "Hello, World!";
43            });
44        }
45 \endrst */
46#define PYBIND11_EMBEDDED_MODULE(name, variable)                              \
47    static void PYBIND11_CONCAT(pybind11_init_, name)(pybind11::module &);    \
48    static PyObject PYBIND11_CONCAT(*pybind11_init_wrapper_, name)() {        \
49        auto m = pybind11::module(PYBIND11_TOSTRING(name));                   \
50        try {                                                                 \
51            PYBIND11_CONCAT(pybind11_init_, name)(m);                         \
52            return m.ptr();                                                   \
53        } catch (pybind11::error_already_set &e) {                            \
54            PyErr_SetString(PyExc_ImportError, e.what());                     \
55            return nullptr;                                                   \
56        } catch (const std::exception &e) {                                   \
57            PyErr_SetString(PyExc_ImportError, e.what());                     \
58            return nullptr;                                                   \
59        }                                                                     \
60    }                                                                         \
61    PYBIND11_EMBEDDED_MODULE_IMPL(name)                                       \
62    pybind11::detail::embedded_module name(PYBIND11_TOSTRING(name),           \
63                               PYBIND11_CONCAT(pybind11_init_impl_, name));   \
64    void PYBIND11_CONCAT(pybind11_init_, name)(pybind11::module &variable)
65
66
67NAMESPACE_BEGIN(PYBIND11_NAMESPACE)
68NAMESPACE_BEGIN(detail)
69
70/// Python 2.7/3.x compatible version of `PyImport_AppendInittab` and error checks.
71struct embedded_module {
72#if PY_MAJOR_VERSION >= 3
73    using init_t = PyObject *(*)();
74#else
75    using init_t = void (*)();
76#endif
77    embedded_module(const char *name, init_t init) {
78        if (Py_IsInitialized())
79            pybind11_fail("Can't add new modules after the interpreter has been initialized");
80
81        auto result = PyImport_AppendInittab(name, init);
82        if (result == -1)
83            pybind11_fail("Insufficient memory to add a new module");
84    }
85};
86
87NAMESPACE_END(detail)
88
89/** \rst
90    Initialize the Python interpreter. No other pybind11 or CPython API functions can be
91    called before this is done; with the exception of `PYBIND11_EMBEDDED_MODULE`. The
92    optional parameter can be used to skip the registration of signal handlers (see the
93    `Python documentation`_ for details). Calling this function again after the interpreter
94    has already been initialized is a fatal error.
95
96    If initializing the Python interpreter fails, then the program is terminated.  (This
97    is controlled by the CPython runtime and is an exception to pybind11's normal behavior
98    of throwing exceptions on errors.)
99
100    .. _Python documentation: https://docs.python.org/3/c-api/init.html#c.Py_InitializeEx
101 \endrst */
102inline void initialize_interpreter(bool init_signal_handlers = true) {
103    if (Py_IsInitialized())
104        pybind11_fail("The interpreter is already running");
105
106    Py_InitializeEx(init_signal_handlers ? 1 : 0);
107
108    // Make .py files in the working directory available by default
109    module::import("sys").attr("path").cast<list>().append(".");
110}
111
112/** \rst
113    Shut down the Python interpreter. No pybind11 or CPython API functions can be called
114    after this. In addition, pybind11 objects must not outlive the interpreter:
115
116    .. code-block:: cpp
117
118        { // BAD
119            py::initialize_interpreter();
120            auto hello = py::str("Hello, World!");
121            py::finalize_interpreter();
122        } // <-- BOOM, hello's destructor is called after interpreter shutdown
123
124        { // GOOD
125            py::initialize_interpreter();
126            { // scoped
127                auto hello = py::str("Hello, World!");
128            } // <-- OK, hello is cleaned up properly
129            py::finalize_interpreter();
130        }
131
132        { // BETTER
133            py::scoped_interpreter guard{};
134            auto hello = py::str("Hello, World!");
135        }
136
137    .. warning::
138
139        The interpreter can be restarted by calling `initialize_interpreter` again.
140        Modules created using pybind11 can be safely re-initialized. However, Python
141        itself cannot completely unload binary extension modules and there are several
142        caveats with regard to interpreter restarting. All the details can be found
143        in the CPython documentation. In short, not all interpreter memory may be
144        freed, either due to reference cycles or user-created global data.
145
146 \endrst */
147inline void finalize_interpreter() {
148    handle builtins(PyEval_GetBuiltins());
149    const char *id = PYBIND11_INTERNALS_ID;
150
151    // Get the internals pointer (without creating it if it doesn't exist).  It's possible for the
152    // internals to be created during Py_Finalize() (e.g. if a py::capsule calls `get_internals()`
153    // during destruction), so we get the pointer-pointer here and check it after Py_Finalize().
154    detail::internals **internals_ptr_ptr = detail::get_internals_pp();
155    // It could also be stashed in builtins, so look there too:
156    if (builtins.contains(id) && isinstance<capsule>(builtins[id]))
157        internals_ptr_ptr = capsule(builtins[id]);
158
159    Py_Finalize();
160
161    if (internals_ptr_ptr) {
162        delete *internals_ptr_ptr;
163        *internals_ptr_ptr = nullptr;
164    }
165}
166
167/** \rst
168    Scope guard version of `initialize_interpreter` and `finalize_interpreter`.
169    This a move-only guard and only a single instance can exist.
170
171    .. code-block:: cpp
172
173        #include <pybind11/embed.h>
174
175        int main() {
176            py::scoped_interpreter guard{};
177            py::print(Hello, World!);
178        } // <-- interpreter shutdown
179 \endrst */
180class scoped_interpreter {
181public:
182    scoped_interpreter(bool init_signal_handlers = true) {
183        initialize_interpreter(init_signal_handlers);
184    }
185
186    scoped_interpreter(const scoped_interpreter &) = delete;
187    scoped_interpreter(scoped_interpreter &&other) noexcept { other.is_valid = false; }
188    scoped_interpreter &operator=(const scoped_interpreter &) = delete;
189    scoped_interpreter &operator=(scoped_interpreter &&) = delete;
190
191    ~scoped_interpreter() {
192        if (is_valid)
193            finalize_interpreter();
194    }
195
196private:
197    bool is_valid = true;
198};
199
200NAMESPACE_END(PYBIND11_NAMESPACE)
201