Python with Apache 2.0

[Steve Holden]

Damjan wrote:

>>Does python support threads safely along with Apache 2.0 in web
>>applications.
> 
> 
> Are you talking about mod_python?
> If so, then yes. But note that Apache threads entering the python
> interpreter (via mod_python) will be serialized on the GIL.
> 
> 
This is true, but it doesn't tell the whoel story: mod_python has taken 
care to make it possible to configure multiple interpreters - on a 
per-directory basis if necessary. Obviously they all share the pure 
code, but if I undestand correctly each has its own data space, and 
hence its own GIL.

regards
  Steve
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