[Python-Dev] Making python C-API thread safe (try 2)

[Jeremy Hylton]

On Thu, 2003-09-11 at 15:16, Harri Pesonen wrote:
> I'm also wondering why this problem has not been addressed before? If I 
> had the power to change Python, this would be the first thing I did.

Try coming up with a patch.  I expect it would be considered provided
that it was maximally backwards compatible with the existing C API and
did not reduce performance on benchmarks like pystone.

That is to say, sure it would be nice, but at what cost?

Jeremy