[Python-Dev] Removing the GIL (Me, not you!) (original) (raw)
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Martin> Now we are getting into details: you do NOT have to lock an
Martin> object to modify its reference count. An atomic
Martin> increment/decrement operation is enough.Implemented in asm I suspect? For common CPUs this could just be part of the normal Python distribution. For uncommon ones this could use a lock until someone gets around to writing the necessary couple lines of assembler.
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