Imported from /home/lorry/working-area/delta_boost-tarball/boost_1_58_0.tar.bz2.HEADboost_1_58_0master

2 files changed, 24 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/libs/python/meta/libraries.json b/libs/python/meta/libraries.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9fdb065db
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libs/python/meta/libraries.json
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+{
+    "key": "python",
+    "name": "Python",
+    "authors": [
+        "Dave Abrahams"
+    ],
+    "description": "The Boost Python Library is a framework for interfacing Python and C++. It allows you to quickly and seamlessly expose C++ classes functions and objects to Python, and vice-versa, using no special tools -- just your C++ compiler.",
+    "category": [
+        "Inter-language"
+    ],
+    "maintainers": [
+        "Ralf Grosse-Kunstleve <rwgrosse-kunstleve -at- lbl.gov>",
+        "Ravi Rajagopal <lists_ravi -at- lavabit.com>"
+    ]
+}
diff --git a/libs/python/src/exec.cpp b/libs/python/src/exec.cpp
index 9fe1b23b7..2910db7c8 100644
--- a/libs/python/src/exec.cpp
+++ b/libs/python/src/exec.cpp
@@ -84,22 +84,24 @@ object BOOST_PYTHON_DECL exec_file(str filename, object global, object local)
   if (local.is_none()) local = global;
   // should be 'char const *' but older python versions don't use 'const' yet.
   char *f = python::extract<char *>(filename);
+
+  // Let python open the file to avoid potential binary incompatibilities.
 #if PY_VERSION_HEX >= 0x03000000
-  // TODO(bhy) temporary workaround for Python 3.
-  // should figure out a way to avoid binary incompatibilities as the Python 2
-  // version did.
-  FILE *fs = fopen(f, "r");
+  // See http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/820116/Embedding-Python-program-in-a-C-Cplusplus-code
+  FILE *fs = _Py_fopen(f, "r");
 #else
-  // Let python open the file to avoid potential binary incompatibilities.
   PyObject *pyfile = PyFile_FromString(f, const_cast<char*>("r"));
   if (!pyfile) throw std::invalid_argument(std::string(f) + " : no such file");
   python::handle<> file(pyfile);
   FILE *fs = PyFile_AsFile(file.get());
 #endif
-  PyObject* result = PyRun_File(fs,
+
+  int closeit = 1;  // Close file before PyRun returns
+  PyObject* result = PyRun_FileEx(fs,
                 f,
                 Py_file_input,
-                global.ptr(), local.ptr());
+                global.ptr(), local.ptr(),
+                closeit);
   if (!result) throw_error_already_set();
   return object(detail::new_reference(result));
 }