[Python-Dev] Extension modules, Threading, and the GIL

[David Abrahams]

"Mark Hammond" <mhammond@skippinet.com.au> writes:

>> Mark Hammond wrote:
>> > 1) Allow "arbitrary" threads (that is, threads never before
>> seen by Python)
>> > to acquire the resources necessary to call the Python C API.
>>
>> This is possible today, all you need is a pointer to an interpreter
>> state. If you have that, you can use PyThreadState_New,
>
> But what if in some cases, this callback is as a result of Python code on
> the same thread - ie, there already exists a Python thread-state higher up
> the stack?

I believe that's the case which bit me.

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