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Make comm manager (mostly) independent of InteractiveShell...
Make comm manager (mostly) independent of InteractiveShell This makes it possible to use comms from wrapper kernels, without instantiating the full IPython shell machinery. The one remaining place where we need a reference to shell is to fire pre_execute and post_execute hooks (which are needed to get mpl figures right). This is a pure IPythonism, that it should be safe to ignore if shell is not set.

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"""Simple function for embedding an IPython kernel
"""
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# Imports
#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
import sys
from IPython.utils.frame import extract_module_locals
from .kernelapp import IPKernelApp
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# Code
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def embed_kernel(module=None, local_ns=None, **kwargs):
"""Embed and start an IPython kernel in a given scope.
Parameters
----------
module : ModuleType, optional
The module to load into IPython globals (default: caller)
local_ns : dict, optional
The namespace to load into IPython user namespace (default: caller)
kwargs : various, optional
Further keyword args are relayed to the IPKernelApp constructor,
allowing configuration of the Kernel. Will only have an effect
on the first embed_kernel call for a given process.
"""
# get the app if it exists, or set it up if it doesn't
if IPKernelApp.initialized():
app = IPKernelApp.instance()
else:
app = IPKernelApp.instance(**kwargs)
app.initialize([])
# Undo unnecessary sys module mangling from init_sys_modules.
# This would not be necessary if we could prevent it
# in the first place by using a different InteractiveShell
# subclass, as in the regular embed case.
main = app.kernel.shell._orig_sys_modules_main_mod
if main is not None:
sys.modules[app.kernel.shell._orig_sys_modules_main_name] = main
# load the calling scope if not given
(caller_module, caller_locals) = extract_module_locals(1)
if module is None:
module = caller_module
if local_ns is None:
local_ns = caller_locals
app.kernel.user_module = module
app.kernel.user_ns = local_ns
app.shell.set_completer_frame()
app.start()