[Python-3000] GIL

Ian Bicking ianb at colorstudy.com
Thu Apr 20 01:10:09 CEST 2006


Brett Cannon wrote:
> I just know this is going to fall under Guido's "code first, then we
> consider" rule.  The GIL is not currently going to go anywhere without
> a thorough rearchitecture of the interpreter and that is not planned
> for Python 3000.  Plus most people here, based on the last time this
> came up, did not feel like the GIL was that big of a problem.  A good
> IPC/RPC mechanism would be much more appreciated.

IPC/RPC would be an great Summer of Code project, if there was a mentor 
interested.


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