[Python-Dev] Compiling without multithreading support -- still useful?

[Christian Heimes]

On 2017-09-05 09:42, Victor Stinner wrote:
> I proposed to drop the --without-threads option multiple times. I
> worked on tiny and cheap embedded devices and we used Python *with*
> threads for concurrency. Many Python features require threads, like
> asyncio and multiprocessing. Also subprocess.communicate() on Windows,
> no?
> 
> I'm strongly in favor of dropping this option from Python 3.7. It
> would remove a lot of code!

+1

These days, tiny embedded devices can make use of MicroPython.

Christian