[Python-Dev] Threading and callbacks - missing documentation (original) (raw)

Gordon McMillan gmcm@hypernet.com
Fri, 12 Apr 2002 09:38:32 -0400

On 12 Apr 2002 at 4:36, Tim Peters wrote:

... I believe Mark Hammond has a general set of C++ classes to help with this stuff on Windows, but IIRC they rely on Windows-specific TLS (thread local storage) gimmicks.

No TLS. Mark's stuff actually relies on being called (at some point) with the GIL so he can grab the interpreter- and thread-states.

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