[Python-ideas] adding an __exec__ method to context managers?

[Stefan Behnel]

Sturla Molden wrote:
> I have been trying to implement an OpenMP-like threading API for Python.

This need has (obviously) also been discussed on the Cython list and lead
to this write-up:

http://wiki.cython.org/enhancements/parallel

and this ticket:

http://trac.cython.org/cython_trac/ticket/211

The fact that this isn't an easy thing to decide (nor a major need, it
seems) is reflected by the age of the Wiki page (June 2008, still
undecided) and the amount of similar discussions on c.l.py and
cython-dev/cython-ideas.

I actually think that OpenMP support makes a lot more sense for Cython code
(which can happily free the GIL at any granularity) than for Python code.

Stefan