Incorrect creation of Django WSGI application on each request.

gistfile1.txt

# This is correct.

import os, sys
sys.path.append('/usr/local/django')
os.environ['DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE'] = 'mysite.settings'

import django.core.handlers.wsgi

# This must be at global scope.
_application = django.core.handlers.wsgi.WSGIHandler()

def application(environ, start_response):
    environ['PATH_INFO'] = environ['SCRIPT_NAME'] + environ['PATH_INFO']
    return _application(environ, start_response)

# This is incorrect.

import os, sys
sys.path.append('/usr/local/django')
os.environ['DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE'] = 'mysite.settings'

import django.core.handlers.wsgi

def application(environ, start_response):
    environ['PATH_INFO'] = environ['SCRIPT_NAME'] + environ['PATH_INFO']
    # This should have been at global scope.
    _application = django.core.handlers.wsgi.WSGIHandler()
    return _application(environ, start_response)