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+To: vim_dev@googlegroups.com
+Subject: Patch 7.3.691
+Fcc: outbox
+From: Bram Moolenaar <Bram@moolenaar.net>
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+------------
+
+Patch 7.3.691
+Problem:    State specific to the Python thread is discarded.
+Solution:   Keep state between threads. (Paul)
+Files:      src/if_python.c
+
+
+*** ../vim-7.3.690/src/if_python.c	2012-09-21 14:00:05.000000000 +0200
+--- src/if_python.c	2012-10-14 05:19:44.000000000 +0200
+***************
+*** 740,748 ****
+  #else
+  	PyMac_Initialize();
+  #endif
+! 	/* initialise threads */
+  	PyEval_InitThreads();
+! 
+  #ifdef DYNAMIC_PYTHON
+  	get_exceptions();
+  #endif
+--- 740,750 ----
+  #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
+  	get_exceptions();
+  #endif
+*** ../vim-7.3.690/src/version.c	2012-10-14 04:35:16.000000000 +0200
+--- src/version.c	2012-10-14 05:14:35.000000000 +0200
+***************
+*** 721,722 ****
+--- 721,724 ----
+  {   /* Add new patch number below this line */
++ /**/
++     691,
+  /**/
+
+-- 
+ARTHUR: The swallow may fly south with the sun, or the house martin or the
+        plover seek warmer hot lands in winter, yet these are not strangers to
+        our land.
+SOLDIER: Are you suggesting coconuts migrate?
+                 "Monty Python and the Holy Grail" PYTHON (MONTY) PICTURES LTD
+
+ /// Bram Moolenaar -- Bram@Moolenaar.net -- http://www.Moolenaar.net   \\\
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