# HG changeset patch
# User Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org>
# Date 1350776820 -7200
# Node ID b5b892472ecb1a10cce1709e41700b264b6485d2
# Parent  9db3c3ee277e3295d655a816bdfe28f9aeda8409
updated for version 7.3.698
Problem:    Python 3 does not preserve state beween commands.
Solution:   Preserve the state. (Paul Ollis)

diff --git a/src/if_python.c b/src/if_python.c
--- a/src/if_python.c
+++ b/src/if_python.c
@@ -740,9 +740,10 @@ Python_Init(void)
 #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.  */
+	/* Initialise threads, and save the state using PyGILState_Ensure.
+	 * Without the call to PyGILState_Ensure, 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
diff --git a/src/if_python3.c b/src/if_python3.c
--- a/src/if_python3.c
+++ b/src/if_python3.c
@@ -731,8 +731,12 @@ Python3_Init(void)
 #else
 	PyMac_Initialize();
 #endif
-	/* initialise threads, must be after Py_Initialize() */
+	/* Initialise threads, and save the state using PyGILState_Ensure.
+	 * Without the call to PyGILState_Ensure, thread specific state (such
+	 * as the system trace hook), will be lost between invocations of
+	 * Python code. */
 	PyEval_InitThreads();
+	pygilstate = PyGILState_Ensure();
 
 #ifdef DYNAMIC_PYTHON3
 	get_py3_exceptions();
diff --git a/src/version.c b/src/version.c
--- a/src/version.c
+++ b/src/version.c
@@ -720,6 +720,8 @@ static char *(features[]) =
 static int included_patches[] =
 {   /* Add new patch number below this line */
 /**/
+    698,
+/**/
     697,
 /**/
     696,