Automatically executing a Python script in C++

int main(int argc, char** argv) {
  Py_Initialize();
  init_my_modules_and_stuff();

  // Load up the auto execution script and then open up the command prompt
  object main_module((handle<>(borrowed(PyImport_AddModule("__main__")))));
  object main_namespace = main_module.attr("__dict__");
  try
  {
    handle<> ignored(( PyRun_String( "execfile('autoexec.py')",
                                       Py_file_input,
                                       main_namespace.ptr(),
                                       main_namespace.ptr() ) ));
  }
  catch(...)
  {
    // If an exception was thrown, translate it to Python
    boost::python::handle_exception();
  }

  Py_Main(argc, argv);

  Py_Finalize();   // According to old Boost documentation, we don't want to do this. (???)
  return 0;
}