[Python-Dev] Threading in the Standard Library Tour Part II (original) (raw)

Guido van Rossum guido at python.org
Tue Aug 17 03:14:47 CEST 2004

> (Season to taste, fix technical inaccuracies.) I see no reason to > mention the GIL, an implementation detail, at all.

I think it's worth mentioning. It's absolutely necessary to know all about the GIL when writing an extension that can take advantage of threading or embed Python correctly in a threaded application.

But does that mention beling in a threading tutorial?

(In addition, I find that the GIL often causes people to worry unnecessarily about the GIL. Sort of like worrying about relativistic effects when driving a car.)

--Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/)

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