[Python-Dev] Removing the GIL (Me, not you!) (original) (raw)
Jon Ribbens jon+python-dev at unequivocal.co.uk
Sat Sep 15 02:50:58 CEST 2007
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On Fri, Sep 14, 2007 at 03:30:49PM -0400, Jean-Paul Calderone wrote:
> I don't really like the maxint/2 idea because it requires us to >differentiate between globals and everything else. Plus, it's a hack. I'd >like a more elegant solution if possible.
It's not really a solution either. If your program runs for a couple minutes and then exits, maybe it won't trigger some catastrophic behavior from this hack, but if you have a long running process then you're almost certain to be screwed over by this
You misunderstand - the point of the 'maxint/2' thing isn't to prevent something from happening at all, it's to prevent it from happening frequently.
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