[Python-Dev] Fixing the GIL (with a BFS scheduler) (original) (raw)

Antoine Pitrou solipsis at pitrou.net
Tue May 18 12:53:12 CEST 2010

On Tue, 18 May 2010 08:45:41 +0200 Lennart Regebro <regebro at gmail.com> wrote:

>> >> Are you referring to the "New GIL"? > > Yes.

At has been shown, it also in certain cases will race with the OS scheduler, so this is not already fixed, although apparently improved, if I understand correctly.

"Race" is a strange term here and I'm not sure what you mean. The issue found out by Dave Beazley can't be reasonably described by this word, I think.

Please read and understand the issue report mentioned by Nir before trying to make statements based on rumours heard here and there.

Antoine.

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