[Python-ideas] An alternate approach to async IO

[Trent Nelson]

On Tue, Nov 27, 2012 at 03:33:55PM -0800, Sturla Molden wrote:
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> Den 27. nov. 2012 kl. 23:36 skrev Trent Nelson <trent at snakebite.org>:
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> > 
> >    Right, but with things like interlocked lists, you can make that
> >    CPython|background_IO synchronization barrier much more performant
> >    than relying on GIL acquisition.
> 
> You always need the GIL to call back to Python.  You don't need it for anything else. 

    Right, you *currently* need the GIL to call back to Python.

    I'm proposing an alternate approach that avoids the GIL.  On
    Windows, it would be via interlocked lists.

        Trent.