My first Python-Dev post. :-)
Welcome!
We had some discussion a while back about enabling thread support by default, if the underlying OS supports it obviously.
I agree with this. MacOS seems to be the only OS without threads these days.
What's the consensus about Python microthreads -- a likely candidate for incorporation in 1.6 (or later)?
What are microthreads? If you think about threads implemented in the Python VM instead of in the OS, forget it.
Also, we have a couple minor convenience functions for Python in an MSDEV environment, an exposure of OutputDebugString for writing to the DevStudio log window and a means of tripping DevStudio C/C++ layer breakpoints from Python code (currently experimental). The msvcrt module seems like a likely candidate for these, would these be welcome additions?
Sure -- send patches. --Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/)