Should PyImport_ImportModule be threadsafe when importing from zipfiles?

[Chris Angelico]

On Fri, Feb 21, 2020 at 3:06 AM Geoff Bache <geoff.bache at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Hi Chris,
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> Yes, I've tried both of these things already. I can confirm there are multiple calls, and that pre-importing the module fixes it. But pre-importing it is not a solution in practice.
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Cool, good to know.

Crazy idea: What would happen if you stick something temporarily into
sys.modules["b"], then when you're done importing, set the module back
into there? Might not help, but would be interesting to try, and might
show a bit more of what's going on.

ChrisA