The reliability of python threads

[Carl J. Van Arsdall]

skip at pobox.com wrote:
>     Carl> Does anyone have any conclusive evidence that python threads/locks
>     Carl> are safe or unsafe?
>
> In my experience Python threads are generally safer than the programmers
> that use them. ;-)
>   
Haha, yea, tell me about it.  The whole GIL thing made me nervous about 
the locking operations happening truly atomically and not getting 
weird.  Thanks for ensuring me that i'm just nuts :)

-carl

-- 

Carl J. Van Arsdall
cvanarsdall at mvista.com
Build and Release
MontaVista Software