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

David Beazley dave at dabeaz.com
Wed May 19 22:49:02 CEST 2010


Yes, but the million dollar question is whether or not it really is superior with the I/O convoying problem in the current implementation (an effect that is substantially worse with the new GIL than with the old one by the way). Personally, I think the convoying issue is something that will have to be fixed eventually. Although, I also agree that it merits more study--especially with real-world applications.

Cheers, Dave

On May 19, 2010, at 3:34 PM, Martin v. Löwis wrote:

Peter Portante wrote:

Does anybody think that by having problems with the new GIL that it might further weaken the adoption rate for 3k? -peter No, to the contrary. By having the new GIL being superior to the old implementation, the adoption rate for 3k will increase. Regards, Martin



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