Jython, GILs and object locking.

[Geoff Gerrietts]

Quoting Jon Franz (jfranz at neurokode.com):
> >    Python supports this. By having the I/O operations release the GIL
> > multiple CPUs may perform work simultaneously.
> 
> You mean an extension in which you hand off the I/O from your
> python program to a (c) module that handles the work in a truely
> seperate thread?  Writing a c extension should not be required
> to use multiple CPUs.  If I am wrong, and python _can_ use
> multiple cpus without using such an extension, please let me know.

Most of the I/O code that's built into python, already does this. It's
written in C, and the C code releases the GIL before engaging in the
operation. Or, I should add, so I have been informed by previous
beatings of this horse carcass.

Thanks,
--G.


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