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/**********************************************************************
  PythonThread - Handle python threads

  Copyright (C) 2009 by Tim Vandermeersch
 
  This file is part of the Avogadro molecular editor project.
  For more information, see <http://avogadro.openmolecules.net/>

  Avogadro is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
  the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
  (at your option) any later version.

  Avogadro is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
  GNU General Public License for more details.

  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
  along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
  Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA
  02110-1301, USA.
 ***********************************************************************/  

#ifndef PYTHONTHREAD_H
#define PYTHONTHREAD_H

#include <avogadro/global.h>
#include <boost/python.hpp>

namespace Avogadro {

  class PythonThread
  {
    public:
      PythonThread() { gstate = PyGILState_Ensure(); }
      ~PythonThread() { if (gstate == PyGILState_LOCKED) PyGILState_Release(gstate); }
    private:
      PyGILState_STATE gstate;
  };

} // namespace

#endif