[Python-Dev] _tkinter problem with Stackless

[Christian Tismer]

Martin v. Loewis wrote:
> Greg Ewing <greg@cosc.canterbury.ac.nz> writes:
> 
> 
>>Is this really necessary? Why can't you keep the
>>whole stack in one piece?
> 
> 
> Without that, you won't get
> - fast tasklet switching (it now needs to copy only the topmost
>   slice), and
> - deep recursions (there is no stacklimit in stackless python)
> IOW, without that approach, it won't be stackless.

Well spoken, Tiger!

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