[Python-Dev] GIL required for all Python calls? (original) (raw)

"Martin v. Löwis" martin at v.loewis.de
Thu Jan 7 21:59:29 CET 2010


I've been wondering whether it's possible to release the GIL in the regex engine during matching.

Ok, here is another problem: SRE_OP_REPEAT uses PyObject_MALLOC, which requires the GIL (it then also may call PyErr_NoMemory, which also requires the GIL).

Regards, Martin



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