[Python-Dev] Re: Re: mysterious hangs in socket code
Aahz
aahz@pythoncraft.com
Fri, 20 Sep 2002 13:02:55 -0400
On Fri, Sep 20, 2002, Mats Wichmann wrote:
> Martin:
>>
>>I think that part is already settled: getaddrinfo, on Linux, is
>>thread-safe.
>
> The latest Posix/Single UNIX spec in fact require getaddrinfo
> (and getnameinfo) to be thread-safe.
Thread-safe or thread-hot? E.g., Python in the absence of releasing the
GIL is thread-safe but not thread-hot.
--
Aahz (aahz@pythoncraft.com) <*> http://www.pythoncraft.com/
Project Vote Smart: http://www.vote-smart.org/