[pypy-dev] Syntax for the 'transaction' module

Amaury Forgeot d'Arc amauryfa at gmail.com
Tue May 1 18:17:58 CEST 2012


Hi,

2012/5/1 Skip Montanaro <skip at pobox.com>

> I apologize, I'm only half paying attention, trying to follow along.
> What does "ame" stand for?  Is there some reason a more descriptive
> name isn't used?  "Atomic MEmory"?
>
"Armin's Magic Enterprise?"
>

Hey, you found the hidden meaning  :)

Actually it means "Automatic Mutual Exclusion", and it the official name of
the feature:
http://pypy.org/tmdonate.html


-- 
Amaury Forgeot d'Arc
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