Embedding python/multi-thread env

[Rich Salz]

You're right, I wasn't clear enough.  You can create multiple interpreters,
but
you still must serialize all python calls -- e.g., don't have two threads
trying to
create an interpreter at the same time.

Gordon McMillan wrote in message <1279107155-5981362 at hypernet.com>...
Rich Salz wrote:

> I believe that you cannot create multiple interepreters in a single
> executable. The python global lock is to prevent *threads* within
> the interpreter from stomping on each other's critical sections.

Sure can; it's part of the API. They still share the global lock, but
they can have completely different sets of modules loaded, etc.

- Gordon