[META-SIG] Proposal for new SIG: Thread SIG

[David Arnold]

-->"Guido" == Guido van Rossum <guido@CNRI.Reston.Va.US> writes:

  Guido> If there's no discussion based on this proposal, I take it
  Guido> that there's no need for a Thread-SIG -- so please comment!

i think a thread SIG is an excellent idea.  it's an area where python
is currently fairly weak, especially in the combination of threads and
a GUI toolkit.

  Guido>   - There should be some kind of answer to the problems
  Guido> caused by Python's central interpreter lock

agreed.

  Guido>   - Some kind of threading that's suitable for multiprocessor
  Guido> machines???

please! ;-)

  Guido> The SIG deliverables will be determined by the SIG.  They
  Guido> will include at least:

all of these sound good.


i'm not sure it needs to be said, but the GUI/threads problems needs
to be resolved before threads are truely useful in the language also.


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