loop.c

/* Simple program that repeatedly calls Py_Initialize(), does something, and
 then calls Py_Finalize(). This should help finding leaks related to
 initialization. */

#include"Python.h"

main(intargc, char**argv)
{
intcount=-1;
char*command;

if (argc<2||argc>3) {
fprintf(stderr, "usage: loop <python-command> [count]\n");
exit(2);
 }
command=argv[1];

if (argc==3) {
count=atoi(argv[2]);
 }

Py_SetProgramName(argv[0]);

/* uncomment this if you don't want to load site.py */
/* Py_NoSiteFlag = 1; */

while (count==-1||--count >= 0 ) {
Py_Initialize();
PyRun_SimpleString(command);
Py_Finalize();
 }
return0;
}