mod_python: How to make a single object available to allinstances?

[Trond A Myklebust]

I am using Apache 1. The bigdict isn't reinitiated, but each thread gets
a copy of the object, I wanted if possible to have one copy of the
object for all threads to use, but suppose it may not be possible.

Is mod_python freeing up completely the memory used for each thread when
it is finished serving a user?

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On Sun, 2004-07-18 at 22:19, Robert Brewer wrote:
> Michael Ströder wrote:
> > Robert Brewer wrote:
> > > 
> > > mod_python won't reload modules (as long as you keep *a* 
> > thread alive, I
> > > think); therefore, you can put your dict in a module:
> > > 
> > > # myapp/env.py
> > > 
> > > bigdict = {}
> > > 
> > > On the first request to your app, start a new thread with a 
> > reference to
> > > that module; subsequent imports will find env.py in sys.modules and
> > > won't reload, and therefore won't reinit your bigdict.
> > 
> > Please enlighten me under which conditions this work.
> > Does that also work with Apache 1.3 and worker processes? Or 
> > does it only 
> > work with Apache 2.0 and threads?
> 
> I'm not an expert on Apache or mod_python by any means. The above technique works on Apache 2 on my Win2k box. Y'all should probably ask Grisha on the mod_python list...
> 
> Trond, are you using Apache 1 or 2?
> 
> 
> Robert Brewer
> MIS
> Amor Ministries
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>