[Python-Dev] Fwd: Removal of GIL through refcounting removal.

[Nick Coghlan]

Michael Foord wrote:
> Moving more C extensions to an implementation based on ctypes would be
> enormously useful for PyPy, IronPython and Jython, but ctypes is not yet
> as portable as Python itself which could be an issue (although one worth
> resolving).

If I recall correctly, the main blocker to ctypes portability is libffi
portability. So if anyone would like to see ctypes on more platforms,
then that's the limitation they really need to attack.

Cheers,
Nick.

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