[Python-Dev] Design Philosophy: Performance vs Robustness/Maintainability

[Victor Stinner]

[Python-Dev] Design Philosophy: Performance vs Robustness/Maintainability

2017-07-18 18:08 GMT+02:00 Ethan Furman <ethan at stoneleaf.us>:
> Nick Coughlan:
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>> As another example of this: while trading the global import lock for
>> per-module locks eliminated most of the old import deadlocks, (...)

Minor remark: the email subject is inaccurate, this change is not
related to performance. I would more say that it's about correctness.

Python 3 doesn't hung on deadlock in "legit" import anymore ;-)

Victor