[Python-Dev] Reworking the GIL

[Sturla Molden]

Antoine Pitrou skrev:
> - priority requests, which is an option for a thread requesting the GIL
> to be scheduled as soon as possible, and forcibly (rather than any other
> threads). 
So Python threads become preemptive rather than cooperative? That would 
be great. :-)

time.sleep should generate a priority request to re-acquire the GIL; and 
so should all other blocking standard library functions with a time-out.


S.M.