[Python-Dev] Proposal: thread.get_dict

[Armin Rigo]

Hello Jim,

On Tue, Jun 29, 2004 at 09:44:27AM -0400, Jim Fulton wrote:
> I have to say that I *really* like your suggestion of the thread.local
> object.  I'm not sure the elegance isn't worth the extra dictionary lookup.

We may have the best of both world by providing a pure Python implementation
of class Local.  If you want performance then you use [gs]et_thread_local.

For convenience, we should consider setdefault_thread_local() too...


Armin