[Python-Dev] Re: [Python-checkins] CVS: python/dist/src/Objects object.c,2.106,2.107

[Greg Stein]

On Wed, Jan 17, 2001 at 01:27:04PM -0800, Guido van Rossum wrote:
> Update of /cvsroot/python/python/dist/src/Objects
> In directory usw-pr-cvs1:/tmp/cvs-serv14991
> 
> Modified Files:
> 	object.c 
> Log Message:
> Deal properly (?) with comparing recursive datastructures.
>...
> - Change the in-progress code to use static variables instead of
>   globals (both the nesting level and the key for the thread dict were
>   globals but have no reason to be globals; the key can even be a
>   function-static variable in get_inprogress_dict()).

The "compare_nesting" variable is a bit troublesome long-term -- it will
cause threading issues in a free-threaded implementation. The solution is to
put the value into the thread-state.

[ not sure if it matters right now, but just bringing it up ]

Cheers,
-g

-- 
Greg Stein, http://www.lyra.org/