[Python-Dev] The endless GIL debate: why not remove thread support instead? (original) (raw)

Nick Coghlan ncoghlan at gmail.com
Fri Dec 12 11:09:26 CET 2008


Paul Moore wrote:

2. I'd like to see isolation based on multiple interpreters, but the problem lies with extensions (and at a lower level with the Python C API) which wasn't designed with isolation in mind. Changing that may be nice, but it's probably too late (or if not, it's likely to be a lot of work to do it in a compatible manner).

Actually, I believe 3.0 already took a big step towards allowing this by changing the way modules are initialised.

Cheers, Nick.

-- Nick Coghlan | ncoghlan at gmail.com | Brisbane, Australia



More information about the Python-Dev mailing list