[Python-Dev] [Python-checkins] cpython: PyGILState_Ensure(), PyGILState_Release(), PyGILState_GetThisThreadState() are (original) (raw)

Victor Stinner victor.stinner at haypocalc.com
Sat Apr 30 14:06:33 CEST 2011


Le mercredi 27 avril 2011 à 20:18 -0400, Jim Jewett a écrit :

Would it be a problem to make them available a no-ops?

On 4/26/11, victor.stinner <python-checkins at python.org> wrote: > http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/75503c26a17f > changeset: 69584:75503c26a17f > user: Victor Stinner <victor.stinner at haypocalc.com> > date: Tue Apr 26 23:34:58 2011 +0200 > summary: > PyGILStateEnsure(), PyGILStateRelease(), PyGILStateGetThisThreadState() > are > not available if Python is compiled without threads.

Oh, I realized that PyGILState_STATE may also be included only if Python is compiled with threads.

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PyGILState_Ensure() and PyGILState_Release() could be no-op yes, it would simplify the usage of these functions. For example:

#ifdef WITH_THREAD PyGILState_STATE gil; #endif fprintf(stderr, "object : "); #ifdef WITH_THREAD gil = PyGILState_Ensure(); #endif (void)PyObject_Print(op, stderr, 0); #ifdef WITH_THREAD PyGILState_Release(gil); #endif

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Even without threads, a Python process has a PyThreadState structure, so PyGILState_GetThisThreadState() can be patched to work even if Python is compiled without threads.

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Would you like to work on such patch? Or at least open an issue?

Victor



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