[Python-Dev] Activating pymalloc

[Andrew MacIntyre]

On Thu, 14 Mar 2002, M.-A. Lemburg wrote:

> AFAIK, pymalloc still has problems with threading, so I unless this
> has already been resolved, I don't think it's a good idea to
> enable it by default just yet (since threads are enabled per default
> too).

My OS/2 build definitely uses threads (don't remember what FreeBSD
./configures to), and survives all the threading tests - which may not
highlight the problems you're referring to.

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