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+To: vim_dev@googlegroups.com
+Subject: Patch 7.3.698
+Fcc: outbox
+From: Bram Moolenaar <Bram@moolenaar.net>
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+
+Patch 7.3.698
+Problem:    Python 3 does not preserve state beween commands.
+Solution:   Preserve the state. (Paul Ollis)
+Files:      src/if_python.c, src/if_python3.c
+
+
+*** ../vim-7.3.697/src/if_python.c	2012-10-14 05:20:05.000000000 +0200
+--- src/if_python.c	2012-10-21 01:44:10.000000000 +0200
+***************
+*** 740,748 ****
+  #else
+  	PyMac_Initialize();
+  #endif
+! 	/* Initialise threads and save the state using PyGILState_Ensure.
+! 	 * Without this call, thread-specific state (such as the system trace
+! 	 * hook), will be lost between invocations of Python code.  */
+  	PyEval_InitThreads();
+  	pygilstate = PyGILState_Ensure();
+  #ifdef DYNAMIC_PYTHON
+--- 740,749 ----
+  #else
+  	PyMac_Initialize();
+  #endif
+! 	/* Initialise threads, and save the state using PyGILState_Ensure.
+! 	 * Without the call to PyGILState_Ensure, thread specific state (such
+! 	 * as the system trace hook), will be lost between invocations of
+! 	 * Python code. */
+  	PyEval_InitThreads();
+  	pygilstate = PyGILState_Ensure();
+  #ifdef DYNAMIC_PYTHON
+*** ../vim-7.3.697/src/if_python3.c	2012-10-14 03:22:49.000000000 +0200
+--- src/if_python3.c	2012-10-21 01:44:37.000000000 +0200
+***************
+*** 731,738 ****
+  #else
+  	PyMac_Initialize();
+  #endif
+! 	/* initialise threads, must be after Py_Initialize() */
+  	PyEval_InitThreads();
+  
+  #ifdef DYNAMIC_PYTHON3
+  	get_py3_exceptions();
+--- 731,742 ----
+  #else
+  	PyMac_Initialize();
+  #endif
+! 	/* Initialise threads, and save the state using PyGILState_Ensure.
+! 	 * Without the call to PyGILState_Ensure, thread specific state (such
+! 	 * as the system trace hook), will be lost between invocations of
+! 	 * Python code. */
+  	PyEval_InitThreads();
++ 	pygilstate = PyGILState_Ensure();
+  
+  #ifdef DYNAMIC_PYTHON3
+  	get_py3_exceptions();
+*** ../vim-7.3.697/src/version.c	2012-10-21 01:40:24.000000000 +0200
+--- src/version.c	2012-10-21 01:42:44.000000000 +0200
+***************
+*** 721,722 ****
+--- 721,724 ----
+  {   /* Add new patch number below this line */
++ /**/
++     698,
+  /**/
+
+-- 
+ALL:   A witch!  A witch!
+WITCH: It's a fair cop.
+ALL:   Burn her!  Burn her!  Let's make her into a ladder.
+                 "Monty Python and the Holy Grail" PYTHON (MONTY) PICTURES LTD
+
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