[Python-Dev] Free threading

[Aahz Maruch]

Martin v. Loewis wrote:
>Guido:
>> 
>> All of the above.  Otherwise, *every* API would have to carry an
>> "interp" argument around (as does Tcl/Tk).
> 
> Not necessarily. The interp argument could be stored in thread-local
> storage. Of course, using TLS opens another can of worms.

We need thread-local storage, anyway.  When I'm a little farther into my
work on Decimal, I'm going to take a hard look at this because context
needs to be global on a per-thread basis...
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