/* An extension mechanism to store arbitrary additional per-thread state.
PyThreadState_GetDict() returns a dictionary that can be used to hold such
state; the caller should pick a unique key and store its state there. If
PyThreadState_GetDict() returns NULL, an exception has been raised (most
likely MemoryError) and the caller should pass on the exception. */
PyObject *
PyThreadState_GetDict()
diff --git a/Python/pystate.c b/Python/pystate.c
index f1dc413..e74e34c 100644
--- a/Python/pystate.c
+++ b/Python/pystate.c
@@ -126,6 +126,8 @@
tstate->ticker = 0;
tstate->tracing = 0;
+ tstate->dict = NULL;
+
tstate->curexc_type = NULL;
tstate->curexc_value = NULL;
tstate->curexc_traceback = NULL;
@@ -155,6 +157,8 @@
ZAP(tstate->frame);
+ ZAP(tstate->dict);
+
ZAP(tstate->curexc_type);
ZAP(tstate->curexc_value);
ZAP(tstate->curexc_traceback);
@@ -213,3 +217,20 @@
return old;
}
+
+/* An extension mechanism to store arbitrary additional per-thread state.
+ PyThreadState_GetDict() returns a dictionary that can be used to hold such
+ state; the caller should pick a unique key and store its state there. If
+ PyThreadState_GetDict() returns NULL, an exception has been raised (most
+ likely MemoryError) and the caller should pass on the exception. */
+
+PyObject *
+PyThreadState_GetDict()
+{
+ if (current_tstate == NULL)
+ Py_FatalError("PyThreadState_GetDict: no current thread");
+
+ if (current_tstate->dict == NULL)
+ current_tstate->dict = PyDict_New();
+ return current_tstate->dict;
+}