[Python-Dev] pthreads question: typedef ??? pthread_t and hacky return statements (original) (raw)

Greg Stein gstein@lyra.org
Thu, 17 Aug 2000 17:19:17 -0700

On Fri, Aug 18, 2000 at 09:59:18AM +1000, Mark Hammond wrote:

> IOW, an x-plat TLS is going to be done at some point. If you need it now, > then please do it now. That will help us immeasurably in the long run.

I just discovered the TLS code in the Mozilla source tree. This could be a good place to start. The definitions are in mozilla/nsprpub/pr/include/prthread.h, and I include some of this file below... I can confirm this code works with Python - but I have no idea how hard it would be to distill it into Python! Then-we-just-need-Tim-to-check-the-license-for-us ly,

The NPL is not compatible with the Python license. While we could use their API as a guide for our own code, we cannot use their code.

The real question is whether somebody has the time/inclination to sit down now and write an x-plat TLS for Python. Always the problem :-)

Cheers, -g

-- Greg Stein, http://www.lyra.org/