Spawning an interactive interpreter in a running python process?

[Horace Blegg]

Hello List,

    I'm curious, in an academic sense, if it's possible to spawn the
interactive interpreter (>>>) in a running python application. Ideally, I
would like to be able to access the modules, functions and variables the
application can.

Is something like this possible?

If not, would I be able to implement something like this on my own?

Thank you.
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