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Release the GIL in Cython code

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mrocklin

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on Nov 23, 2014

Pandas could release the GIL in parts of the Cython code. This would enable the parallel use of multiple cores with threading.

From off-line conversation with @jreback @cpcloud

http://lbolla.info/blog/2013/12/23/python-threads-cython-gil

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