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

["Martin v. Löwis"]

David Abrahams wrote:
> Boost covers only pthreads and Win32 at the moment.  I thought I
> understood Tim to be saying that all of the other ones should be
> considered broken in Python anyway until proven otherwise, which is
> why I bothered to mention it.

Right. My response was really addressing Holger's suggestion that 
support for those platforms can be copied from ACE, and your suggestion 
that this support is better copied from Boost. Neither will help for the 
platforms for which Tim is willing to say that they become broken.

Regards,
Martin