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Set calling program to the empty string, when argv not in sys It might happen, then the sys module has no argv, when embeding IPython into other programs with IPython.embed(). In that case, just set the calling program to "" or other logic in IPython will crash - for instance when checking for command line arguments.

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"""Simple function for embedding an IPython kernel
"""
#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Imports
#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
import sys
from IPython.utils.frame import extract_module_locals
from kernelapp import IPKernelApp
#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Code
#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
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()