[Python-Dev] "Fixing" the new GIL

[Antoine Pitrou]

Le Sun, 14 Mar 2010 12:37:48 PDT,
Bill Janssen <janssen at parc.com> a écrit :
> 
> The old GIL is causing me a great deal of grief.  My server is heavily
> threaded, and when I get a number of Python 2.6 threads doing layout
> analysis, my 4 and 8 core machines turn into slow thrashers.

Have you checked whether the 2.x patch improved your use case?
It would be nice to get real-world feedback of which situations the
new GIL helps (or doesn't help) improve.

Thanks

Antoine.